11 ‘illegals’ held after police chase

SA KAEO: Eleven Bangladeshis were arrested in Khlong Hat district on Saturday on suspicion that they were undocumented, local police said yesterday.

The suspects, aged 22–47 years old, were held after their pickup overshot a curve while speeding away from the authorities and overturned along the road in tambon Benchakhon, police said.

All of the passengers, including a Thai driver, were rescued, they said.

All 11 Bangladesh nationals were sent to the Khlong Hat Police Station, while the Thai driver escaped following the rescue, they said.

Investigators from the Sa Kaeo Immigration Police checkpoint at 10am yesterday conducted an operation to arrest suspected illegal migrants after Pol Col…