Sa Kaeo: A senior police sergeant major is facing criminal charges for allegedly helping to traffic foreign nationals into the kingdom in Aranyaprathet district. However, the commissioner said police investigators were able to get hold of solid evidence showing he had smuggled 20 foreign nationals arrested near the border on July 3 without them having undergone a health check. The charges were brought against the squad leader as authorities remain on high alert to catch an ever-increasing number of foreign nationals slipping across the porous borders. Pol Lt Gen Sompong said investigators were probing whether the squad leader was connected to a trafficking gang run by Petcharat Sathorn who was also arrested recently. Meanwhile, Col Akekapong Krittayakiatchuti, head of the 12th Ranger Forces Regiment, led border authorities on an inspection of Rong Kluea market opposite the Cambodian border town of Poipet.

Source: Bangkok Post July 16, 2020 23:15 UTC