Thailand’s Immigration Police are cracking down on foreign panhandlers and pickpockets at Bangkok’s Chatuchak Weekend Market.
Police raided the market on Saturday March 10 and arrested 13 suspects, who were blacklisted and deported back to their home countries, TANN reported.
According to the State Railway of Thailand, which runs the weekend market, there are a few separate pickpocket and panhandling gangs that operate at Chatuchak.
Most beggars on the streets of Bangkok are actually Cambodian and run by organized crime operations.
