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29 illegal migrants arrested after pickup overturns

Group from Myanmar had crossed border via Ranong and were in Phatthalung when accident occurred

A police officer inspects a pickup truck after it overturned on Phetkasem Road in Muang district of Phatthalung on Wednesday morning. It was carrying 29 illegal migrants who were later arrested but the driver remains at large. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)

PHATTHALUNG: Twenty-nine illegal migrants from Myanmar crammed into a pickup truck were arrested after the vehicle overturned on a southbound road in Muang district on Wednesday morning.

The modified pickup with a tarpaulin covering its bed overturned after its left rear tyre burst on Phetkasem Road along the Phatthalung-Hat Yai route in tambon Tha Khae…

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