A total of 22 tuk-tuk drivers operating in front of Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) have been arrested by police for cheating tourists wanting to visit the famous temple.

Pol Gen Somyot Pumpunmuang, the national police chief, told a press conference Thursday that the crackdown on the cheating tuk-tuk drivers followed a series of complaints filed with the police by many tourists who reported that they were deceived by the drivers who lied to them that the temple was temporarily closed and then took them to some jewelry shops or restaurants where the drivers were paid commission fees.

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