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29-year-old man arrested in southern Thailand for human trafficking

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The CSD’s crime-fighting division in Thailand arrested 29-year-old Arnas Oo-ma in Su-ngai Kolok district for allegedly transferring wages or paying a people-smuggling gang involved in smuggling Myanmar workers to Thailand.

On September 6, Ban Map Ammarit police in Chumphon arrested a group of human trafficking suspects who were smuggling Myanmar workers into the country. After an investigation, police discovered that the traffickers were an international crime group, so officers collected evidence and arrested a number of traffickers on suspicion of money laundering or financial aid.

The investigation also revealed that Arnas was allegedly one of the members of the human trafficking ring. He is said to have transferred wages or payments to members who smuggled the workers.

Police tracked him down to his hideout in Narathiwat and promptly arrested him.

Arnas insisted he had nothing to do with the human trafficking gang, but admitted that he had transferred money to the group of suspects. He said he was hired by a Thai agent living in Malaysia for 1,200 baht to transfer 40,000 baht to the group of suspects. He claimed not to know that the money was related to human trafficking.

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