Crime Soldiers in Kanchanaburi Intercept Vehicle Smuggling 26 Illegal Migrant Workers

[Georgealbert]

 

Picture courtesy of Kaoded.

 

Soldiers from the Lardya Task Force under the Surasee Military Command, in coordination with local police and administrative officers, intercepted a truck smuggling 26 undocumented migrant workers, believed to be from Myanmar, in a tightly packed sealed container at a checkpoint in Thong Pha Phum District, Kanchanaburi.

 

The operation was launched following intelligence reports indicating that illegal migrant workers would be transported along this route. Major General Atsadawut Panyarachun, Commander of the 9th Infantry Division and head of the Surasee Military Command, ordered Colonel Phannasak Priaopanit, Commander of the 29th Infantry Regiment and head of the Lardya Task Force, to coordinate with Border Patrol Police Company 135 and Thong Pha Phum Police Station to establish a joint checkpoint at the Thong Pha Phum three-way junction in Tha Khanun Subdistrict.

 

At approximately 07:30 on 15 May, officers stopped a suspicious box truck. The vehicle was driven by a 47-year-old man, accompanied by a 37-year-old woman. Upon inspecting the cargo area, authorities discovered 26 migrant workers crammed inside with no identification documents.

 

Preliminary questioning revealed that the driver had picked up the workers in Ban Khanun Khli, Pilok Subdistrict, Thong Pha Phum District, with the intention of delivering them to employment in Chonburi Province. The driver admitted to receiving a fee of 25,000 baht per person for the transportation.

 

The driver, the woman and all 26 migrant workers were taken into custody and transferred to Thong Pha Phum Police Station for legal proceedings. Authorities have vowed to continue cracking down on human trafficking and illegal cross-border labour smuggling in the region.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Kaoded 2025-05-16.