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Thai Authorities Arrest 44 Foreigners in Countrywide Immigration Sweep

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BANGKOK – Deputy tourist police chief Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal told a press conference at 2am on Friday that a multi-force raid has arrested another 44 foreigners in a weekly use of police resources that continues to mainly discover people overstaying their visas or lacking an entry permit to Thailand.

Pol Maj-General Surachet said Tourist police joined force with other police agencies nationwide arrested 44 foreigners on a check of 83 people countrywide and that the raids included three international schools, two language schools and 30 normal schools.

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Deputy tourist police chief Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal talks to detained foreigners after country wide immigration sweep Tuesday

 

He told reporters that 11 foreigners were charged with overstaying their visas – six Indian Nationals, two Uzbekistanis, one Nigerians and one Guinean.

Another 31 were charged with being in the Kingdom without a visa which included, nine Indian nationals, seven Burmese, five Laotians, four Cambodians, three Nigerians, two Bangladeshis and one Uzbekistani.

Source, Photos: The Nation

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Arrest warrants were issued for six Ugandans last month wanted on charges of human trafficking.

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Surachet said the bureau focuses on cracking down on foreign criminal networks whose crimes “affect Thailand’s image and security,”

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Seven Burmese, five Laotians were included in the nation wide raids on Tuesday.

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