CHIANG MAI: A patrol from the 4th Cavalry Regiment of the Pha Muang Force on Saturday arrested 25 Myanmar nationals in Fang district for illegal entry.
The 25 – 12 men, five women and eight children – were found by the patrol at Nong Bua Kham village in tambon Mon Pin of Fang district. Also arrested along with the illegal border crossers was a Thai man who came with a pickup to meet them at the village to take them further inside the country.
An interrogation revealed that all of them were from Kyaukme in Shan State of Myanmar. The adults had paid 20,000 baht each for brokers in Thailand for jobs in Chiang Mai.
They were handed over to Fang police for legal proceedings, pending deportation.
The 4th Cavalry Regiment is responsible for conducting patrols along the border with Myanmar in Fang, Chiang Dao, Chai Prakan and Wiang Haeng districts for the suppression of…
