BANGKOK: Nearly 200 migrants have been detained in a single southern Thai province ever since a network of jungle prison camps run by people smugglers was uncovered there, police said Saturday.

Spurred by Thai junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha's calls to end the grim trade within 10 days, police have launched an operation against smugglers in Songkhla, a province neighboring Malaysia criss-crossed by trafficking trails.

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