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Soldiers tracked 16 Myanmar nationals who had entered the country illegally to a rented house in Ranong on Friday. Also detained were three Thais who are believed to have helped them.

The Crime Suppression Division arrested Arnas Oo-ma, 29, on Tuesday in Narathiwat’s Su-ngai Kolok district for allegedly transferring wages or paying a human trafficking gang involved in smuggling Myanmar workers into Thailand.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered tighter border security to ensure no weapons or drugs are smuggled into Thailand, and also because he is concerned about the crisis in Myanmar.

The director of a private Bangkok hospital who allegedly smuggled Favipiravir pills and sold them online reported to the Consumer Protection Police Division (CPPD) on Wednesday to acknowledge the charge.

Thailand’s Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court sentenced an employee of Paddy the Room Trading Company to four years in prison after the suspect confessed to exporting second-hand nitrile medical gloves to the US.

The director of a private Bangkok hospital has been summoned to acknowledge charges on Thursday (November 4) for allegedly smuggling “Favipiravir” pills and selling them online, police announced on Monday.

The 25th Infantry Regiment has sent 120 illegal Myanmar workers from Ranong back to their country.

One man was duly arrested after officials at the Mae Sot wildlife checkpoint in Tak seized as many as 9,100 turtles stuffed in suitcases. The aquatic creatures were destined for customers in Bangkok.

Cannabis-smugglers drove into the car park of a Bangkok mall on Monday, only to fall into a trap set by the Crime Suppression Division.

The Crime Suppression Division on Thursday arrested a 25-year-old man for transporting 102 wild monkeys hidden in a pickup truck, 18 of whom died later in the day.

The Royal Thai Police Headquarters (RTP) on Wednesday appointed a committee to investigate 29 officers who might have been involved in the smuggling of migrant labourers into Thailand, a news source revealed.

Kanchanaburi police on Wednesday arrested a man after discovering 32 gold bars, each weighing half a kilogram, tucked under the driver’s seat of his pickup truck as it headed for the Myanmar border.