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33 illegal migrants found crammed in abandoned pickup

Police inspect a modified pickup truck with an enclosed box where 33 illegal migrants from Myanmar are crammed inside in Muang district, Kanchanaburi, in the early hours of Thursday. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)

KANCHANABURI: Thirty-three illegal migrants from Myanmar were left on their own in a pickup truck in Muang district in the early hours of Thursday, as the Thai driver fled after a left rear tyre burst.

Police were alerted around 3.30am by two local leaders of tambon Kaeng Sian – Rassamee Silatham, head of village Moo 9; and Thanakorn Kasemsot, head of village Moo 2 – that a suspicious pickup truck with an enclosed box was parked on Kanchanaburi – Sai Yok Road.

When the officers arrived, they found the pickup truck with…

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