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Illegal Myanmar migrants arrested in Chiang Mai

Soldiers and police found 17 more illegal Myanmar migrants on a vehicle at a checkpoint in Ban Mae Ngon Khilek village and most of the Myanmar nationals said they came from Taunggyi city and paid 20,000 baht each to smugglers who brought them across the border.

More than 50 illegal Myanmar migrants were arrested in the northern province of Chiang Mai just after they walked across the border into Fang district.

Police and soldiers rounded up 36 illegal Myanmar migrants while they were hiding near the Huai Ngu reservoir.

Meanwhile, soldiers and police found 17 more illegal Myanmar migrants on a vehicle at a checkpoint in Ban Mae Ngon Khilek village. Most of the Myanmar nationals said they came from Taunggyi city and paid 20,000 baht each to smugglers who brought them across the border.

In the southern province of Songkhla, security officials arrested 16 illegal migrants on a van near…

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