Group says Thai broker promised them jobs in Phuket
Twelve migrants from Myanmar are detained at the rubber plantation where they were caught after sneaking over the border in Muang district of Prachuap Khiri Khan early Saturday. (Supplied photo via Chaiyot Satyaem)
PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Twelve Myanmar nationals arrested for illegal entry have told authorities that they paid a Thai broker 6,500 baht each to help them enter the country to get jobs in Phuket.
A team of soldiers, border patrol police, immigration officers and local volunteers spotted a group of people crossing the Thai-Myanmar border via the Tabaek natural border crossing in tambon Ao Noi in Muang district at around 1am on Saturday.
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