PUTRAJAYA: The Immigration Department has crippled a human smuggling syndicate with the arrest of eight men and 49 illegal immigrants in Ops Gelombang at main bus terminals in Kota Baru and Pasir Mas in Kelantan.
Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Khairul Dzaimee Daud said the six men arrested in the operation which started at 6pm on Wednesday (Oct 26) were all locals aged between 17 to 37 years old, while the illegal immigrants were all Myanmarese comprising 32 men, 16 women and an eight-year-old girl.
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