This is the dramatic moment highway police chased cars carrying illegal Burmese migrants in central Thailand.

Officers acting on a tip-off intercepted the two suspicious vehicles travelling along Highway 52 in Ang Thong, on August 14.

Footage shows the adrenalin-filled action as police converged on the grey Honda Civic and red Toyota Yaris stuck in traffic at 9:30 pm local time.

Inside the cars were several Burmese nationals who had no passports or travel documents. Police arrested Thai drivers Saichon Mueangchana, 48, and Amrong Suksawat, 55.

Saichon allegedly admitted he had been hired through the Line messaging app by a user called ‘Mung Mee Sri Suk' to pick up workers in Tak province and deliver them to Bangkok for 400 baht per passenger.

Amrong said he was contacted by another individual, known only as ‘Boy,' and was to be paid to do the same for 1,500 baht per worker.

Police Major Anawat Tantinantakul, superintendent of the Highway Police Station 6 Division 1, said: 'The drivers will be charged with knowingly allowing foreigners to illegally enter the country, and harbouring, concealing, or assisting the foreigners to evade arrest.

‘The illegal migrants were charged with entering and staying in the country without permission.

‘We handed them over to the inquiry officer of Mueang Ang Thong Police Station, along with seized evidence, for further legal action.'

A week earlier, highway police arrested Thai driver Kosin Chaengphai, 43, after a similar chase on Highway 32 in the same province, where he was caught smuggling a Chinese migrant without documents.

Authorities said he admitted being paid 3,000 baht per person to traffic immigrants into Bangkok.