The Sidoarjo Police detained 46 illegal immigrants from Iran and Afganistan on Friday night, allegedly on their way to Australia.
According to police, those immigrants were arrested at Tambakoso village, Waru, Sidoarjo, East Java, based on information from local villagers.
“We were observing the location from Friday afternoon,” Sidoarjo Police chief Sr. Comr M. Iqbal said on Saturday as quoted by kompas.com news portal.
The Sidoarjo Police had received intelligence on people smuggling in the area from the Jakarta Police.
“Based on the data, the immigrants are from Afghanistan and Iran,” Iqbal said, adding that the illegal immigrants would be taken to Pasuruan Immigration Detention.
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