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Foreigners caught working illegally

Unni Sekkesaeter (in white dress) is charged with taking passengers in a drive at Phangan police station on Koh Phangan in Surat Thani on Thursday. (Photo: Immigration Police via Supapong Chaolan)

Police operations targeting foreigners working illegally in Thailand have led to the arrests of a Norwegian woman on Koh Phangan and a Brit on Phuket island.

Unni Sekkesaeter, a 56-year-old Norwegian, was arrested at Tha Sala pier on Koh Phangan on Thursday. Immigration, tourist and local police arrested her after she sent off two tourists from her Toyota bearing a sign saying Phangan Paragon Resort & Spa, according to immigration police.

Ms Sekkesaeter faces charges for transporting passengers in her vehicle.

Thai law prohibits foreigners from driving passengers.

The Norwegian is also the general manager of a company operating Phangan Paragon Resort & Spa and other resorts on the southern tourist island.

Police had been instructed to charge the firm for allowing her to engage in work prohibited for foreigners.

In Phuket, immigration police said on Friday that Ryan Horner, 34, was apprehended on Thursday in a temple car park. He was charged with working as a guide, a job reserved for Thais.

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