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One illegal migrant killed, 10 arrested after pickup overturns

Police arrest a group of illegal migrants from Myanmar – eight men and two women – after a pickup truck smuggling them overturned in Sangkhla Buri district of Kanchanaburi province late on Wednesday night. (Photo supplied/Piyarat Chongcharoen)

KANCHANABURI: One illegal migrant from Myanmar was killed and 10 others arrested after a pickup truck carrying them overturned in Sangkhla Buri district late on Wednesday night. A police officer was also injured after being hit by one of three pickup trucks smuggling migrants.

At around 10pm, a joint team of soldiers, police and local authorities spotted the three suspected pickup trucks speeding along a local road at Sanehpong village, Moo 3, in tambon Nong Lu.  

Officers signalled the…

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