Over 100Myanmar nationals were arrested for illegally crossing the Thailand-Myanmarborder in Kanchanaburi  on 19 March, said the Kanchanaburi border patrol police forces.

It revealedthat starting early in the morning of Tuesday, 20 Myanmar nationals werearrested along with a Myanmar driver and another  33 detained from Thong Pha Phum checkpoint.

Later morethan 50 Myanmar nationals, who were hiding in Nong Lu village, were arrested bythe patrol officers.

Those nationals were arrestedfollowing the establishment of a checkpoint by officers from the Sangkhla Buripolice station, 134th border patrol police sub-division, border patrol police'sspecial forces unit and Sangkhla Buri district officials in Kanchanaburiprovince along the Thai-Myanmar border.

Thebrokers, who were helping those nationals entering Thailand's Kanchanaburiborder, abandoned their vehicles and fled under the cover of darkness.

Thosearrested were planning to go and work in central Thailand. The drivers andsuspected human traffickers have been taken to the police station for furtherlegal procedures.

A largenumber of Myanmarese youths have been leaving the country for opportunities inforeign nations as they are afraid of staying in Myanmar for the junta'sconscription laws.