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Thu, 10/29/2009 - 21:08
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19 North Korean migrants arrested in Chiang Rai
CHIANG RAI, Oct 29 (TNA) – Nineteen illegal North Korean migrants were arrested Thursday while travelling by boat on the Mekong river in Chiang Saen district of the northern province of Chiang Rai.
A Thai Navy river patrol boat on duty along the Mekong to crack down on illegal goods and drug smuggling and found the suspect boat which was later found to be carrying 19 illegal North Korean migrants.
The boat pilot was a Lao national who confessed that he had been hired for Bt3,000 (US$85) to smuggle the 15 women and four men from the Lao PDR to Thailand.
Speaking through an interpreter, all of the party, aged between 12 and 70, are mainly from one family, all from Hamgyong province.
All 19 North Koreans would be detained and charged with illegal entry. (TNA)
A Thai Navy river patrol boat on duty along the Mekong to crack down on illegal goods and drug smuggling and found the suspect boat which was later found to be carrying 19 illegal North Korean migrants.
The boat pilot was a Lao national who confessed that he had been hired for Bt3,000 (US$85) to smuggle the 15 women and four men from the Lao PDR to Thailand.
Speaking through an interpreter, all of the party, aged between 12 and 70, are mainly from one family, all from Hamgyong province.
All 19 North Koreans would be detained and charged with illegal entry. (TNA)
