00:00Fearing arrest, a handful of foreigners used guerrilla tactics to avoid arrest by the Immigration
00:08Department in an enforcement operation at the Meru Market Complex clung early Saturday
00:14morning.
00:15The operation, which began at 5.30am, saw some foreigners crawling into narrow drains
00:20to hide while some climbed to the roof of shops to avoid being detected by the authorities.
00:26A total of 598 foreigners were arrested out of 630 individuals inspected, all of whom
00:33were aged between 17 and 57 years old.
00:37A few of the foreigners involved claimed they were United Nations High Commission for Refugees
00:42cardholders to avoid arrest.
00:45Those arrested will be placed at the Seminyi Immigration Depot for investigation and follow-up
00:50action.
00:52Among the offences identified were not having identification documents, violating past conditions,
00:58overstaying, unrecognised cardholders and other offences that violate the Immigration
01:04Act.
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