Police Arrest Driver Smuggling Five Lao Migrants in Bangkok
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A pickup truck drove through an alcohol checkpoint on Rama II Road in Bang Khun Thian district, Bangkok, on October 28. Police manning the checkpoint noticed the driver acting suspiciously and ordered a search. They arrested 25-year-old Anuphong along with five Lao nationals and seized the vehicle. The migrants had no travel documents and were in the country without permission. Anuphong confessed he had been hired to smuggle the group, who had entered Thailand illegally, from Hat Yai, Songkhla, to the Chong Mek border crossing in Ubon Ratchathani, charging 2,500 baht per person. The vehicle was impounded as evidence.
