Nilai cops nab 17 foreigners suspected of breaching barricade to travel interstate

The foreign workers detained by police during the operation along the Nilai-Kajang border.

NILAI: Seventeen foreigners have been detained after they allegedly crossed a barrier and barbed wire fence put up by the authorities to prevent interstate travel along the Nilai-Kajang border.

Nilai district police chief Supt Mohd Fazley Ab Rahman said the suspects, aged 20 to 42, were arrested during an operation along the border at 8am Sunday (May 16).