Foreign workers rounded up for various offences

Caught at work: Nine foreigners were detained by the Immigration Department at a nursery in Iskandar Puteri on Monday.

JOHOR BARU: Nine foreigners busy working at a nursery in Iskandar Puteri here were taken aback when Immigration Department officials arrived at the site.

State director Baharuddin Tahir said the eight men and one woman from Indonesia and Myanmar had overstayed and did not possess valid work permits.He said the suspects, aged 28 to 48, were detained at around 10.40am on Monday.