00:00A human trafficking syndicate was busted in an operation by the Immigration Department
00:05in Kubankerian and Kotabaru on June 10.
00:09Immigration Director General Datuk Ruslan Juso on Saturday said they first raided a
00:14transit home for the syndicate.
00:16He said they arrested seven foreigners from Bangladesh, Thailand and India during the
00:21raid.
00:22This led to another raid after the authorities received information that illegal immigrants
00:26were being transported to the Lembah-Sireh Express Bus Terminal.
00:30Ruslan said checks around the terminal led to the arrests of 24 foreigners who the authorities
00:35believe were waiting for a bus to reach their destination.
00:39He said the syndicate is believed to have changed its modus operandi by recruiting motorcyclists
00:46to bring illegal immigrants from the transit home to the bus terminal.
00:50He said this could expedite the movement of the illegal immigrants out of Kelantan without
00:55a trace.
00:57Investigations revealed that the syndicate charged between 2000 ringgit and 3000 ringgit
01:02for each person to enter the country.
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