KANCHANABURI: Three Thais driving separate vehicles were arrested and a total of seven illegal migrants taken into custody at road checkpoints on Friday, as smugglers turn to using small vehicles to bring in a few workers at a time.
Job brokers awaiting delivery of the illegal workers were also arrested.
Officers manning a checkpoint at Thong Pha Phum intersection in Thong Pha Phum district stopped a white Toyota Yaris car with Kanchanaburi plates for a search.
The car was driven by a woman, Sasiphen Sillapachai, 44, of tambon Nong Lu in Sangkhla Buri district. Inside were four Myanmar nationals – a 43-year-old…
