泰国达府警方解救3名被绑中国男子：4名泰国男子被捕，疑转运至缅甸诈骗园区
泰国西部达府警方10月29日凌晨在湄托检查站附近截获一辆可疑车辆，解救3名中国男子，逮捕车内4名泰国男子。警方初步怀疑，嫌疑人企图将3人经泰缅边境转运至缅甸一侧的电信诈骗和网络诈骗活动区域。
据泰国媒体10月29日报道，事发于当地时间29日凌晨约1时，地点在泰国达府直辖县湄托检查站一带。警方发现一辆灰色丰田车形迹可疑，示意停车检查时驾驶员突然加速逃跑，警方追截至兰桑村一带将车辆拦截。
检查发现，车内3名中国男子均被蒙住眼睛、戴上手铐并用绳索捆绑。警方还查获两副手铐、两卷黄色胶带、尼龙绳及两台电击器。车内4名泰国男子年龄介于18岁至33岁之间，随即被警方控制。
警方核查发现，3名中国男子均持有护照，并通过合法手续入境泰国。3人向警方表示，他们遭到强迫和威胁。初步调查显示，3人分别乘坐不同航班从中国抵达泰国，随后前往达府，并在当地更换车辆，原计划被送往湄索边境，再转运至缅甸诈骗园区。警方调查认为，负责诱骗他们的是位于缅甸境内的中国籍犯罪团伙，该团伙还以类似方式诱骗其他外国人。
泰国国家警察总署副总监兼反人口贩运中心主任塔瓦猜·皮塔尼拉布10月30日前往事发地区了解案件，并要求警方扩大调查。目前，警方正联合泰国第六警区、移民警察及刑事鉴证部门进一步追查幕后人员，调查犯罪团伙的组织结构及其他涉案人员。案件仍在调查中，对4名被捕男子不作有罪认定。
Thai Police in Tak Rescue Three Bound Chinese Men: Four Thai Men Arrested Over Suspected Trafficking to Myanmar Scam Compounds
Police in Tak Province, western Thailand, intercepted a suspicious vehicle near the Mae Tho checkpoint in the early hours of October 29, rescuing three Chinese men and arresting four Thai men in the vehicle. Police said they suspect the men intended to move the three across the Thai-Myanmar border to telecom and online scam compounds on the Myanmar side.
According to Thai media reports on October 29, the incident began at about 1 a.m. local time near the Mae Tho checkpoint in Mueang Tak District. Officers signalled a grey Toyota to stop, but the driver sped away, and police pursued and stopped the vehicle near Lan Sang village.
Inside, officers found the three Chinese men blindfolded, handcuffed and tied with rope. Police also seized two pairs of handcuffs, two rolls of yellow tape, nylon rope and two stun devices. The four Thai men in the vehicle, aged 18 to 33, were detained.
Police said the three Chinese men held passports and had entered Thailand legally, and told officers they had been coerced and threatened. An initial investigation found that they had arrived in Thailand on separate flights from China, travelled to Tak and changed vehicles there, and were to be taken to the Mae Sot border crossing and onward to scam compounds in Myanmar. Investigators believe a Chinese-run gang based in Myanmar lured them, and has used similar methods on other foreign nationals.
Thawatchai Pitaneelabut, deputy commissioner-general of the Royal Thai Police and head of its anti-trafficking centre, visited the area on October 30 and ordered an expanded investigation. Police from Region 6, immigration and forensic units are working to identify those behind the operation and map the gang's structure. The case remains under investigation, and no finding of guilt has been made against the four arrested men.
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图片来源：图：泰国达府湄索一带的泰缅友谊桥（资料图）。Mikhail Esteves 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge at Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand (file photo). Photo by Mikhail Esteves, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
