Lopburi, Highway police chased down a gang of foreign worker smugglers escaping into Thailand, catching 24 people. The driver confessed to accepting workers from the side of the road in Ban Tak District, Tak Province, earning 15,000 baht per trip. Destination: Bang Pa-in District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. This incident happened in the middle of the night on June 17th. Highway police block transport of foreign workers Smuggling into the area of ??Lopburi Province until a white pickup truck was found driving along Road No. 2321, Niyomchai Subdistrict, Sa Bot District, as reported. So they asked to search the car and found Mr. Jirayuth, 33 years old, as the driver, carrying 12 foreign workers and another white SUV fleeing into a cassava field. Behind Dan Chan Village Temple The police then spread out their forces and gave a close chase. Until the middle of the night, he found the car parked at the end of the cassava forest. The arresting police officers cordoned off the area. and were able to arrest an additional 12 foreign workers hiding in the jungle, a total of 24 people, while the driver, whose name was known as Mr. Thonglor, managed to escape. During the investigation, Mr. Jirayuth testified that he went to recruit foreign workers. On the side of the road, Ban Tak District, Tak Province, you will receive a salary of 15,000 baht per trip. The destination is Bang Pa-in District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. With a broker bringing them in through natural channels, the bounty per person is 15,000 baht and claiming that it's the first time they've done it. Therefore, he was charged with hiding or assisting in any way. allowing aliens who escape to enter the Kingdom of Thailand illegally in order to free the foreigner from arrest As for the foreign workers, they were charged with committing an offense of being a foreign person who entered and stayed in the Kingdom of Thailand without permission. before bringing all the arrested persons Send investigators to Sa Bot Police Station to prosecute accor ding to law. Source: Thai News Agency
