TUMPAT: Over 100 illegal immigrants, including smugglers, were detained at the Malaysia-Thailand border near here during an operation.OCPD Supt Ab Rashid Mat Daud said all the illegal immigrants were brought into the country via hidden routes in the district.
“With the arrests, we are not ruling out the involvement of locals as smugglers or informers in bringing them into the country illegally,” he told reporters during the operation dubbed Op Bersepadu Covid-19 yesterday.
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