Cops cripple syndicate smuggling migrants to Europe

Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador attends High Profile Policing at Taman Tun Dr Ismail bazaar in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Police have crippled a syndicate using Malaysia as a transit nation to smuggle Sri Lankan immigrants to Europe with the arrest of 11 individuals.

Those arrested in the police operations at the Customs and Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) complex in Padang Besar, Perlis, around the Klang Valley and Kuala Lumpur on May 27, comprising three locals and eight Sri Lankan citizens.