A deminer from the Thai Mine Action Centre shows wartime munitions found by villagers along the Thai-Cambodian border in Sangkha district of Surin province on Saturday. (Photo: Nopparat Kingkaew)
SURIN: A large quantity of wartime munitions were found in a forest near the Thai-Cambodian border in Sangkha district of this lower northeastern province on Saturday.
The munitions were discovered by villagers from Ban Kalengwek, Moo 2 village in tambon Thepraksa of Sangkha district, while looking for wild products in a forest about four kilometres from the village near the border with Cambodia.
The villagers informed Chai Prom-uk, the village chief, who subsequently contacted the Thai Mine Action Centre (TMAC) of the Royal Thai Armed Forces at the Huay Khanad Mon reservoir in Sangkha district.
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