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Uzbek man held in connection with Pattaya sex trade

Suspect lured compatriots with promises of restaurant jobs but then forced them into prostitution

Police arrest an Uzbek man, identified only as Navruzbek, 32, at Suvarnabhumi airport on Thursday on charges of human trafficking. (Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham)

An Uzbek man has been arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport on charges of luring his compatriots into the flesh trade in Pattaya while two Uzbek women involved managed to flee, according to police.

Officers from the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPO) apprehended the 32-year-old suspect at the airport on Thursday as he was about to flee the country, Pol Maj Gen Sarut Kwaengsopha, the ATPD commander, said on Friday.

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