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KANCHANABURI: Forty-five Myanmar nationals were arrested early on Wednesday after three pickups carrying them were intercepted in Thong Pha Phum district, and two crashed while trying to escape.

Klity Creek lead cleanup stumbles 3 Long-running environmental saga no closer to a happy resolution published : 28 Feb 2021 at 04:00 3 BEAUTIFUL BUT DEADLY: Lower Klity village in the deep forest of Kanchanaburi province is located by Klity Creek, an illegal dumping ground for toxic lead sediment discharged from lead processing plants upstream for several decades and, INSET: Chalalai Nasuansuwan, 32, a villager and founder of local civic group Lower Kli...

Mass fish deaths leave farmers in deep trouble 28 published : 24 Jan 2021 at 10:42 28 Farmers show masses of dead fish raised in baskets in the reservoir of Vachiralongkorn Dam in Thong Pha Phum district of Kanchanaburi on Saturday. (Photo by Piyarat Chongcharoen) KANCHANABURI: More than 100 tonnes of fish raised in baskets in the reservoir of Vachiralongkorn Dam in Thong Pha Phum district have died from an unknown cause, leaving fish farmer...

Kanchanaburi checking all vehicles for people smuggling 14 Searches in border districts stepped up after authorities find small vehicles bringing in illegal migrants published : 23 Jan 2021 at 15:02 14 A truck is stopped for a search at a security checkpoint in the border district of Sangkhla Buri in Kanchanaburi on Saturday. The signpost asks all vehicles to stop at the Rantee bridge checkpoint for a search. (Photo by Piyarat Chongcharoen) ...

Migrant smugglers switch to using small vehicles 7 published : 22 Jan 2021 at 14:44 7 Officers search a Toyota Yaris driven by a woman and find four illegal Myanmar migrants, at a road checkpoint in Thong Pha Phum district, Kanchanaburi, on Friday. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen) KANCHANABURI: Three Thais driving separate vehicles were arrested and a total of seven illegal migrants taken into custody at road checkpoints on Friday, as smuggle...

Villagers ask govt for help after elephant raids 7 published : 10 Jan 2021 at 16:49 7 Wild elephants raid a farm in Thong Pha Phum district of Kanchanaburi on Sunday. (Photo by Piyarat Chongcharoen) KANCHANABURI: Villagers in tambon Tha Khanun in Thong Pha Phum district have called for help from government agencies after their farms were raided by wild elephants, leaving considerable damage to their crops. Somkhuan Thongpraneet, of Moo 3 vil...

KANCHANABURI: Soldiers intercepted a van carrying five new motorcycles believed being smuggled to Myanmar, and arrested two suspects, in Sangkhlaburi district on Tuesday.