Pol Maj Gen Surachet Hakpal, deputy commissioner of the Tourist Police Bureau, held a press conference in front of the Chana Songkram police station at 2am to announce the result of the 20th &ldquo;X-ray Outlaw Foreigner&rdquo; Operation.

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He said 11 foreigners were arrested for allegedly overstaying their visa and 46 for entering the kingdom illegally. He added that 15 other foreigners were arrested on other charges. 
He did not elaborate on the nationalities. 
He said 34 similar operations have been carried out so far and 4,159 targeted areas have been searched, netting 1,904 foreigners. 
He said more than 2,000 foreigners have been blacklisted as persona non-grata. 
In the latest operation, police checked three international schools, two English language schools and 13 normal schools as well as 57 other areas.

72 foreigners arrested on visa and other charges

Seventy-two foreigners were arrested on Thursday for allegedly overstaying their visa and other charges after tourist police and other agencies searched 75 locations across Thailand.