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Illegal job seekers caught near Malaysian border

Driver Jetsadayuth Yarang, of Songkhla’s Sadao district, second from right, is caught near the border in Sadao district in the early hours of Friday with eight illegal migrants from Myanmar heading for work in Malaysia. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)

SONGKHLA: A couple were caught with eight illegal migrants from Myanmar in their pickup near the Malaysian border in Sadao district in the early hours of Friday.

A team of police, soldiers and local officials stopped a pickup with Kamphaeng Phet licence plates for a search on a road close to the border in tambon Samnak Kham around 1am.

The team, led by Col Thanitphon Hongwilai, commander of a military task force, discovered eight men in the back of the vehicle. All were from Myanmar  and had no legal travel documents.

Driver was Jetsadayuth Yarang, of Sadao…

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