Cops nab 16 foreigners, local man in crackdown on migrant smuggling


JOHOR BARU: Police arrested 16 Indonesian nationals and a local man last Monday (March 2) in a crackdown on migrant smuggling, following raids at three separate locations around Tanjung Kupang and Taman Ehsan Jaya near Iskandar Puteri.

Iskandar Puteri OCPD Asst Comm M. Kumarasan said the first raid took place between 1.30pm and 2.30pm at a house in Tanjung Kupang.

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