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36 migrants found in hiding
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 06/04/2026
» KANCHANABURI: Police arrested 36 individuals, including a local man, for harbouring undocumented foreign workers.
Ten suspects caught en route to Myanmar scam hub
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 18/03/2026
» KANCHANABURI - Police have arrested seven Chinese nationals and three Myanmar men at a rented property, where they were reportedly waiting to travel to a scam base in the Myanmar border town of Payathonzu.
11 illegal migrants, Thai driver arrested in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 07/11/2025
» KANCHANABURI: Eleven illegal migrant workers from Myanmar were arrested along with a Thai driver in Thong Pha Phum district on Friday morning.
Four killed, 31 hurt as pickup packed with migrants crashes
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 25/10/2025
» KANCHANABURI - Four people were killed and at least 31 others injured when a box pickup truck carrying undocumented migrants lost control and overturned in Sai Yok district on Saturday morning. The driver fled the scene.
162 illegal migrant workers caught in Kanchanaburi forest
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 19/10/2025
» KANCHANABURI - A group of 162 illegal migrant workers from Myanmar has been arrested on Sunday while they were waiting in a forest in Thong Pha Phum district for transport to promised jobs in Thai provinces and Malaysia.
Illegal migrants caught when fleeing truck bogged in mud
News, Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 23/06/2025
» KANCHANABURI - Forty-one illegal workers from Myanmar were arrested early Monday morning after the pickup truck carrying them became bogged on a muddy track while fleeing police.
Missing DJ’s body found with tied hands, gunshot wounds in temple
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 18/05/2025
» KANCHANABURI: The body of a male DJ, 33, who had gone missing four days previously was found in a remote forest in Muang district in this western Thai province on Sunday, with tied hands and bullet wounds in a temple. Police suspect a romantic conflict.
Drivers warned about flooding in Sangkhla Buri
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 25/07/2024
» KANCHANABURI: Drivers are advised to avoid travel on a main road between Sangkhla Buri and Thong Pha Phum districts or to check weather conditions ahead of time because of flooding in the area.
14 Myanmar illegal workers injured as truck overturns
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 01/04/2024
» KANCHANABURI: A lorry smuggling Myanmar workers into Thailand overturned on its way from the border in this western province on Monday, injuring 14 passengers.
37 Malaysians hurt in tour bus crash
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 22/02/2024
» KANCHANABURI - Thirty-seven Malaysian tourists were injured along with a Thai driver and guide when a tour bus skidded off a road in Bo Phloi district on Thursday afternoon.