BANGKOK: Rear Admiral Parach Rattanachaiyapan, spokesperson for the Royal Thai Navy, said on Wednesday (Dec 31) that naval forces under the Chanthaburi and Trat Border Defence Command (CTBDC) arrested six Chinese nationals in a border area of Pong Nam Ron district, Chanthaburi province, on Tuesday (December 30) as they allegedly attempted to leave Thailand illegally for Cambodia.
He said the case underlined the continued presence of cross-border smuggling networks linked to transnational crime and cyber scam operations, which exploit the New Year period, when travel is heavy, and conditions can make checks harder to enforce.
