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43 Myanmar migrants arrested

43 Myanmar migrants arrested

Job-seekers found in Kanchanaburi said they paid brokers B17,000 to B22,000 a head

A soldier gathers information from Myanmar nationals who entered Kanchanaburi illegally on Jan 8, 2022. (Photo by Piyarat Chongcharoen)

KANCHANABURI: Forty-three people in two groups were arrested after crossing the border illegally from Myanmar into Muang and Sai Yok districts on Saturday, police said.

The army’s Surasee Task Force together with provincial police, acting on a tip from local residents, found 17 men and 13 women crossing the border through a natural channel in tambon Ban Kao of Muang district at 8.30am.

Another team of army and provincial police officers caught seven women and six men in tambon Bong Ti of Sai Yok…

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