A security patrol on a road near the Myanmar border in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai on Sunday. (Photo: Mae Sai district office Facebook)
Air force drones are being used on aerial patrols along the border with Myanmar, especially over natural crossings, to detect illegal border crossers and prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Maj Gen Jakrapong Chanphengphen, of the Royal Thai Armed Forces emergency operations security centre, revealed the information on Monday at the Public Health Ministry’s Covid-19 public relations centre in Nonthaburi.
He said use of aerial drones was one of the various measures take to stop the coronavirus spreading across the border with Myanmar, which stretches for 2,400 kilometres.
Other measures included installation of more surveillance cameras and barriers such as barbed wire…
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