Twenty-five illegal job seekers from Myanmar were found in a pickup truck parked at a deserted petrol station in Sai Yok district on Tuesday.
Kanchanaburi governor Athisan Intra said a team of 30 soldiers and police were patrolling the area, acting on information about the activities of human traffickers.
A pickup truck was spotted parked suspiciously in an abandoned petrol station in tambon Sai Yok. A closer examination revealed 18 men and seven women inside and on the back of the vehicle.
They all admitted they had entered Thailand illegally from Myanmar, using natural pathways by land and water to avoid border checkpoints.
They were headed for promised jobs in Nakhon Pathom and Samut Sakhon provinces and were each being charged 25,000 baht to be taken there.
They would be prosecuted and deported, police said.