Lashio 7 February

A man in a K 3450 million swindle was handed over by Thai authorities at the office of Tachilek District Police Force yesterday morning.

The swindler identified as Myo Zaw Ko (a) Talky swindled K 3450 million before fleeing to Mae Sai, Thailand via Tachilek. At the request of Lashio Myoma police station, officials from Chiang Rai District Immigration office tracked the swindler, who spent over for the night in Mae Sai on 18 January before proceeding to Bangkok.

Thai police managed to track down the swindler’s hide-out in Bangkok and arrested him on 3 February.

Thai officials handed over the cheater to Police Lt. Col Paw Tun, the commander of Tachilek District police station in the presence of members of BCATIP of the two countries at Tachilek on 6 February.— Maung Yin Kyae
Translated by Khine Thaw