Three men nabbed for attempting to smuggle 17 illegal immigrants


ALOR SETAR: Police arrested three local men for allegedly trying to smuggle in 17 Myanmar nationals at the Hutan Kampung Toll Plaza (southbound) near here, last Friday.

State deputy police chief Datuk Mohd Roze Shaari said in the 9.30am incident, a team from the Criminal Investigation Department of the Kedah Police Contingent Headquarters and Bukit Aman pulled over three cars driven by the suspects aged between 40 and 50.

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