Mae Sot: Officials from four parties joined forces to inspect the border along the Moei River and seized five boxes of solar cells that were being smuggled across the border. Reporters reported that this afternoon, the Rajamanu Task Force together with Mae Sot Police Station, the local government, and the 346th Border Patrol Police patrolled and monitored the area of responsibility, Thung Kham, along the Maei River, Ban Don Chai, Village 6, Mae Tao Subdistrict, Mae Sot District, Tak Province.
According to Thai News Agency, while on patrol, officials found two suspicious individuals carrying black bags of suspicious objects, acting suspiciously. They revealed themselves to investigate, but the individuals threw the suspicious objects into the forest and quickly swam across the Maei River to the Myanmar side. They investigated and found five boxes of electrical power generation equipment (solar cells). The joint inspection team seized the evidence to investigate the owner and proceed with legal action.