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…