29 illegal migrants arrested after pickup overturns in Phatthalung

Lam Pam in Muang Phatthalung District. Photo: กิตติ เลขะกุล.
PHATTHALUNG: Twenty-nine illegal migrants from Myanmar crammed into a pickup truck were arrested after the vehicle overturned on a southbound road in Muang district on Wednesday morning.
The modified pickup with a tarpaulin covering its bed overturned after its left rear tyre burst on Phetkasem Road along the Phatthalung-Hat Yai route in tambon Tha Khae around 6.30am on Wednesday.
Full story: Bangkok Post
Assawin Pakkawan
BANGKOK POST

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