
CHIANG RAI: A kamnan, or tambon chief, in Mae Fah Luang district of this northern border province was arrested while transporting nine Chinese men who had illegally entered the country from Myanmar, police reported.
About 3pm on Monday, soldiers from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment of the Pha Muang Force stopped a black Isuzu pickup with Chiang Rai licence plates at a checkpoint at Ban Lise, the Moo 9 village in tambon Mae Fah Luang.