Army unit tasked with mine removal steps up awareness campaigns among locals
Officers prepare to extract a 50-year-old landmine near a roadside along the Thai-Cambodian border in Ta Phraya district of Sa Kaeo province on Friday. (Photo supplied)
SA KAEO: Mines dating back to the Cambodian Civil War five decades ago were successfully removed from Thai territory along the border with Cambodia on Friday.
The Thailand Mine Action Centre (TMAC) of the Royal Thai Army was alerted via social media to three reported mines in Ta Phraya district of Sa Kaeo province.
Explosives ordnance disposal (EOD) officers were sent to the sites and were able to confirm the first mine, located just 300 metres from Sri Pen…
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