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48 Rohingya migrants nabbed by highway police

The 48 Rohingya migrants who were caught travelling on a bus by highway police in Pak Tho district, Ratchaburi, on Wednesday morning. They had entered the country illegally in Tak province and were heading for Malaysia. (Photo supplied)

RATCHABURI: Highway police arrested 48 Rohingya migrants boarding a chartered bus in Pak Tho district early Wednesday morning.

Acting on a tip-off that a number of illegal migrant workers were being transported to the lower South, officers intercepted the bus for a search on Phetkasem highway in tambon Wang Manao, Pol Col Vachira Yaothaisong, commander of Highway Police Subdivision 2, said on Wednesday.

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