
SONGKHLA: A Myanmar plantation worker fled into the trees, leaving behind his wife and three illegal shotguns, when officials approached to search their hut in Sadao district.
Soldiers and local officials raided the shack, at a rubber plantation in tambon Samnak Kham in Sadao district, on Tuesday. They were acting on information that some Myanmar workers in the area had firearms and used them to hunt wildlife. Local residents were uneasy about this.