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One illegal migrant killed, 10 arrested after pickup overturns
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 01/06/2023
» KANCHANABURI: One illegal migrant from Myanmar was killed and 10 others arrested after a pickup truck carrying them overturned in Sangkhla Buri district late on Wednesday night. A police officer was also injured after being hit by one of three pickup trucks smuggling migrants.
Army of motorcyclists smuggling illegal migrants
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 30/08/2022
» KANCHANABURI: Smuggling of illegal migrants is rampant along the border in Sangkhla Buri district with young motorcyclists being well paid to make many trips a day.
Officials accused of aiding gun runners
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 14/06/2022
» Government officials arrested for alleged criminal involvement in the running of guns to Myanmar will also face an Interior Ministry investigation for serious disciplinary breaches.
Colour-coded job seekers found hiding on 18-wheel truck
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 25/05/2022
» KANCHANABURI: More than 100 illegal Myanmar job seekers with coloured string around their wrists to show their various destinations were arrested after the 18-wheel trailer truck they were hiding in became stuck when it turned off a main road in Muang district on Wednesday morning.
Smugglers, illegal migrants caught
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 01/06/2021
» KANCHANABURI: Six smugglers and 19 illegal job seekers from Myanmar were arrested near the border in Sai Yok district in the early hours of Tuesday.
Border meet focuses on drugs, labour
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 03/02/2018
» Kanchanaburi's Thai-Myanmar Township Border Committee (TBC) met yesterday to strengthen ties and step up efforts to combat cross-border crime, including narcotics smuggling and human trafficking, local authorities said.
Soldier, 26 illegal migrants hurt in wild pursuit crash
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 24/06/2016
» KANCHANABURI- A soldier, 26 illegal migranta and a Thai driver were injured when an army Humvee and the pickup truck it was chasing both plunged off the road and into a dry creek in Muang district on Thursday night.
Nabbed migrant smuggler admits it's a regular job
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 23/06/2016
» KANCHANABURI---Twenty-five illegal Myanmar workers have been detained and the Thai man arrested for smuggling them confessed he had done it at least 10 times before, according to police.
Bribery 'greases trafficking wheels'
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 11/12/2014
» KANCHANABURI — A Myanmar man arrested for smuggling Myanmar migrant workers into Thailand accused officials at the Ban Pu Nam Ron-Htee Ki border checkpoint and many local policemen of taking bribe money from his gang.