KANCHANABURI: Ninety-six illegal Rohingya migrants were arrested at a cassava plantation in Muang district early on Thursday morning, along with four Thai men who were picking them up before heading South.
Pol Maj Gen Saruti Khwaengsopha, commander of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division, said the arrests followed a tip-off. The Rohingya were seen waiting on the roadside near Moo 5 village of tambon Nong Bua.
Police waited until four Thai men arrived in pickup trucks to collect their new charges, and then moved in and rounded them all up.
The arrested Thai men were identified as Charnchai Samkha, 32,…
