A soldier takes a Myanmar woman (centre) from a pickup bearing the logo of the Department of Fisheries during an arrest of illegal entrants in Muang district of Kanchanaburi province on Saturday. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)
KANCHANABURI: A fishery official assigned to a border checkpoint was arrested for smuggling three migrants from Myanmar into Muang district of this western border province on Saturday, police said.
The arrest was made when a Toyota Rivo four-door pickup, registered in Bangkok, with the logo of the Department of Fisheries on both sides, was stopped for a search at the Phu Nam Ron border checkpoint in tambon Ban Kao after it had crossed the border from Myanmar.
The checkpoint is manned by a combined team of military, police and civilian officials.
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