The Tourist police joined forces with other police agencies
to search 87 areas around Thailand on Friday night and arrested 50
foreigners, mostly for overstaying their visa and sneaking into the
country without documents.
Deputy Tourist Police chief Pol Maj-General Surachet Hakpal
held a press conference on Friday night, at the Bang Lamphu roundabout
to announce the results of the weekly operation.
He said 17 foreigners – three Nigerian, four Indians, three
Vietnamese, two French, one Russian, one Guinea national, one Gambian,
one Ivory Coast national, and one Lesotho national – were arrested for
overstaying their visas.
He said 31 others were arrested for entering the Kingdom
without documents. They comprised 11 Cambodians, six Indians, six Lao,
four Myanmar, three Vietnamese, and one Nigerian.
A Thai was also arrested for providing shelter to illegal immigrants, Surachet said.
Source: The Nation Thailand
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