Human trafficking syndicate smashed with the arrest of eight in Johor

The syndicate was involved in human trafficking and migrant smuggling activities using the uncharted routes.

PONTIAN: Police crippled a human trafficking syndicate with the arrest of eight suspects – two local men, five Indonesian men and an Indonesian woman believed to be the syndicate members.

Pontian OCPD Supt Hadzrat Hussien Mion Hussain said they were nabbed in a joint operation codenamed Ops Pintas involving teams from the Pontian Police, Kukup Marine Police and Iskandar Puteri Police.