TAK: Soldiers arrested three Chinese nationals and their guides illegally entering Thailand, in Mae Ramat district, late on Thursday night.
Officials received a tip off that smugglers were bringing foreigners into Thailand over a mountain trail to avoid a checkpoint in Ban Phala village. A patrol from the Naresuan Task Force waited in hiding along the trail, in tambon Phra That.
At the Phala checkpoint, soldiers arrested a man, identified only as Ju, driving a black Toyota pickup truck registered in Bangkok. He admitted he was going to collect illegal migrants who were on the mountain walking around the checkpoint.
Soldiers later saw a group of people coming down the mountain, and intercepted…
