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A Canadian citizen has been handed an eight-year prison sentence after attempting to illegally export foreign currency totalling more than US$111,000 from Pakistan. The case highlights enforcement of strict currency controls at borders.
Thai authorities arrested a 31-year-old Myanmar national at the Mae Sai border crossing for attempting to illegally transport 23 million baht hidden in food packaging across the Thailand-Myanmar frontier.
Thai customs officers at the Mae Sai border checkpoint in Chiang Rai have seized more than 23 million baht in cash concealed inside cardboard boxes labelled as food products in a vehicle attempting to cross into Myanmar.