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Thai driver, 13 illegal migrants arrested in Songkhla

Immigration police take a suspected Thai smuggler and 13 illegal Myanmar migrants Myanmar to Rattaphum police station in Songkhla on Thursday evening. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)

SONGKHLA: A driver arrested along with 13 illegal migrants from Myanmar in Rattaphum district of this southern province on Thursday admitted the financial reward drove him to take the job – even though he had been arrested for the same offence three times before.

Immigration police followed a sport utility vehicle along a highway and intercepted it at Khuha intersection in Rattaphum district on Thursday evening.

The Thai driver, identified only as Aphiwatthana, 46, was arrested after 13 illegal migrant workers were found crammed inside his vehicle. The…

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