Myanmar nationals arrested with drones near Suvarnabhumi

Four Myanmar nationals were taken into custody after a raid on a hotel room suspected of being a control station for drones reported flying near Suvarnabhumi airport. Ten drones were seized from them, Lat Krabang police said on Tuesday.

The suspects reportedly told police they had been hired by an unidentified Myanmar national to come and pick up the drones in Thailand.

They were identified as Zhe Htet Aung, 32; Sa Nay Lin Htet, 24; Kyaw Zin Hein, 21; and Thein Zaw, 34. They were apprehended when police searched a room at the Grand BS Airport Hotel Suvarnabhumi in Lat Krabang Soi 30/4, about three kilometres from the airport.

Investigators said the four checked in on Sunday, with an advance online booking under the name David.