MERSING: The Armed Forces arrested 45 unlawful Indonesian immigrants on Monday (Nov 15) throughout Ops Benteng inside the areas below the jurisdiction of the Seventh Infantry Brigade.
This comes after the officers-in-charge of the Observer Submit had detected suspicious sounds coming from a ship within the waters off northern Tenggaroh right here.
“The Fast Response Power (QRF) Staff was deployed to the scene and the unlawful immigrants had been detained at round 1.30am,’’ it stated in an announcement.
It stated that of the 39, 26 of them had simply arrived whereas the opposite 13 had been ready to depart the nation on a ready boat.
One other six unlawful immigrants had been caught at 8.45am whereas hiding in an oil palm plantation in Tenggaroh Timur, not removed from the spot the place the 26 had landed earlier.
The suspects – 9 females and 36 males between the ages of 19 and 45 – had been dropped at the Tanjung Sepang tactical headquarters for Covid-19 assessments.
“Two of them examined constructive and have been handed over to the Well being Ministry for additional motion,” it stated.
The workforce additionally seized RM10,000, eight cellphones and jewelry.
A police report was lodged at Bayu Damai police station in Pengerang, Kota Tinggi and the suspects could be handed over to the Immigration Division in Setia.
