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More illegal job seekers arrested on western border

Myanmar border crossers arrested at Ban Phu Nam Ron in tambon Ban Kao in Muang district, Kanchanaburi, on Tuesday. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)

KANCHANABURI: Border patrols arrested 75 Myanmar nationals who illegally entered the country into Muang and Sangkhla Buri districts on Monday and Tuesday, police said.

A total of 47 men and 28 women were arrested at three locations in the two districts - at Ban Kong Mong Tha in tambon Laiwo and Ban Huay Kop in tambon Nong Lu, Sangkhla Buri district; and at Ban Phu Nam Ron in tambon Ban Kao, Muang district.

The border crossers said they were from Mawlamyine, Yangon, Bago and Rakhine townships, and were heading for promised jobs in Samut Sakhon, Rayong, Kanchanaburi and Bangkok.

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