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7 held in Rohingya smuggling probe

A senior police officer explains the investigation into a key Rohingya smuggling network at the Royal Thai Police headquarters yesterday. Arnun Chonmahatrakool

Seven suspects have been detained in raids carried out in five provinces as part of the expansion of an investigation into a key Rohingya smuggling network, police said yesterday.

The raids were launched early on Monday in Tak, Bangkok, Pathum Thani, Narathiwat and Nakhon Si Thammarat, said Pol Maj Gen Atchayon Kraithong, deputy commissioner of the Immigration Bureau.

Three suspects detained in Mae Sot district of Tak were identified as Natthakon Isman, Nopphawat Chinda and Wichet Suksi, he said, adding Mr Nopphawat was a former police officer who was fired from the force in 2012. Another suspect detained in Bangkok was Siriphon Buaphim, wife of…

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