Fifty-three illegal Myanmar migrants are arrested on a Bangkok-bound bus on Highway 32 in Ayutthaya province about 4am on Thursday. (Photo supplied)
Highway Police arrested 53 illegal Myanmar migrants found aboard a Bangkok-bound bus on a highway in Ayutthaya province early on Thursday.
Pol Maj Gen Wiwat Khamchamnan, commander of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division, said highway police arrested Samran Meelarp, the 46-year-old bus driver, and Pairoh Nuantarn, the 49-year-old attendant, and the 53 illegal border crossers about 4am.
Police acting on an informant’s tip stopped the six-wheel bus at the 14 kilometre marker on the Bangkok-bound side of Highway 32 in tambon Ban Krod of Bang Pa-in district.
When questioned, the passengers said they had each paid 26,000-28,000 baht to a broker in Myanmar who…
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