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Illegals smuggling syndicate crippled

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The group of 22 arrested individuals including a boy and four locals.

KUCHING: A syndicate known as “Geng Adi Tailo”, known for being active in smuggling illegal foreigners into Sarawak, was believed crippled by the General Operations Force (GOF).

GOF Sarawak brigade commander SAC Mancha Ata said his men scored the big hit during their operation dubbed ‘Ops Benteng Covid’ held around 1pm at the parking lot of a hotel in Mile 3, Kuching last Sunday (Jan 10).

During their raid the GOF team arrested the syndicate’s mastermind who is an Indonesian and a land agent (tekong). Also nabbed were four local land agents, 16 foreigners comprising eight men and eight women. A boy was also arrested.

Prior to the arrest, a GOF team acting on information, tailed three vehicles believed to be transporting foreigners from Biawak, Lundu to Sibu, Tatau and Bintulu, the GOF brigade commander said.

“The vehicles then stopped at the parking lot of a hotel (in Mile 3), believed to be used as a transit point for illegal immigrants before being sent to their destinations.

“The team immediately carried out inspections and found those illegals inside the vehicles. The group was then taken to the police station and the vehicles used were also seized,” he said.

Mancha stressed that the arrests and seizures involved the “Geng Adi Tailo” that reportedly had been active in smuggling illegals around the state. The group also has a network of human trafficking syndicates from Indonesia known as “Yeni Ferry Group”. 

Meanwhile, the brigade will continue to monitor the movement of groups active in smuggling of illegal foreigners at the border, assured Mancha.

The public are urged to channel any information on smuggling of illegal immigrants for investigation and follow-up action by phone number 082-587222 or fax 082-688541.

In a separate case on Jan 9, a GOF team detained and inspected an Indonesian man believed to be trying to enter Sarawak via a rat trail (jalan tikus) around 7.07am in Biawak, Lundu.

Inspections found that the man had failed to show any valid travel documents and he was ordered to return to his country using the same route.

The Indonesian man trying to enter Sarawak through a rat trail in Biawak, Lundu, was caught and ordered to return to his country.

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