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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.
Tourism uptick offsets trade dip in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 01/11/2025
» Kanchanaburi is seeing an uptick in tourism with hotel occupancy reaching 67.3% in the first nine months of this year, and at least 11 million local and foreign visitors generating 28 billion baht in revenue, according to governor Athisan Intra.
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.
Tourists told to stop putting stickers on overhead road sign in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 08/10/2025
» KANCHANABURI - Tourists are being warned to stop plastering stickers over a big road sign in Thong Pha Phum district that has become an unofficial “check-in” point for visitors travelling the highway.
28 illegal Myanmar migrants survive vehicle plunge in Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 29/09/2025
» KANCHANABURI: Twenty-eight illegal Myanmar migrants survived after a speeding vehicle driven by their smuggler veered off the road in Thong Pha Phum district early Monday.
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.
Border warehouses' back gates into Myanmar ordered shut
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 28/05/2025
» KANCHANABURI - All gates of border warehouses in Sangkhla Buri district opening into Myanmar's Payathonzu township were ordered closed after a smuggler was arrested carrying about 18 million baht in cash.
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.
Myanmar duo arrested for smuggling compatriots into central Kanchanaburi
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 12/01/2025
» KANCHANABURI: Two Myanmar men were arrested for allegedly smuggling six compatriots who hid in the backseat of their pickup truck in Sangkhla Buri district on Sunday morning.