Security Authorities in eastern Province have arrested 78 Somali nationals who illegally entered the country through Malawi.
The Somali nations were nabbed in Nyimba yesterday around 04:00 hours.Security sources said the immigrants were been aided in to the country by Zambia national identified as Patrick Phiri of Luangwa district. The Somali nations who were heading to Zimbabwe were hiding in a truck which was intercepted in Nyimba district. The Illegal immigrants have since been brought to Lusaka were they are expected to be interrogated. Efforts to get Immigration Public Relations Officer Mulako Mbangweta failed by press time as she was reported to have been in a meeting . Meanwhile security authorities in Eastern Province have cautioned Zambians not to abet or help foreign nationals entering the country illegally as they may be a risk to the security of the country.
The Somali nations were nabbed in Nyimba yesterday around 04:00 hours.Security sources said the immigrants were been aided in to the country by Zambia national identified as Patrick Phiri of Luangwa district. The Somali nations who were heading to Zimbabwe were hiding in a truck which was intercepted in Nyimba district. The Illegal immigrants have since been brought to Lusaka were they are expected to be interrogated. Efforts to get Immigration Public Relations Officer Mulako Mbangweta failed by press time as she was reported to have been in a meeting . Meanwhile security authorities in Eastern Province have cautioned Zambians not to abet or help foreign nationals entering the country illegally as they may be a risk to the security of the country.
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what some public are saying : Shi Taonga says: Ba Immigration what does the law state in regard to illegal innigrants. Zambians when arrested in other countries are made to face the law of the land as it states according to the offence. These Somalians and their aid must be dealt with severely so that would be offenders will have a second thought before enganging in the act. Punish those criminals and their aid with hard labour
what some public are saying : Shi Taonga says: Ba Immigration what does the law state in regard to illegal innigrants. Zambians when arrested in other countries are made to face the law of the land as it states according to the offence. These Somalians and their aid must be dealt with severely so that would be offenders will have a second thought before enganging in the act. Punish those criminals and their aid with hard labour
3RqU says: Yet they will be let free. All they have to do is pay a certain immigration officer $500. Off they go. The law of the land is never respected. No wonder people cried when they heard about that woman in China. Our law is taken very lightly.
