
KANCHANABURI: Police arrested a total of 66 illegal job seekers from Myanmar in Thong Pha Phum district early Monday morning, eight of them after the car they were in crashed during a police chase.
Pol Capt Pradit Raephet, of Thong Pha Phum, said that about 2am a black Honda Jazz sped past a police booth at Moo 2 village in tambon Chalae after being signalled to stop for a search. It was heading in the direction of Thong Pha Phum district town and police gave chase.
As it neared Kroeng Kawia forest park at Moo 4 village in tambon Chalae, the car ran off the winding unsealed road and ground to a halt on the dirt embankment. Police detained the driver, identified only as Jaran, 24, from tambon Chalae.