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Police holding 70 foreigners for illegal stay

Isiolo County Commissioner Herman Shambi. He warned local residents abetting the crime that their days are numbered.

Photo credit: Waweru Wairimu | Nation Media Group

By  Waweru Wairimu

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Authorities also seized 12 boda-boda riders who police say are accomplices in the human trafficking business.
  • Police officers acting on a tip-off from the public pounced on them at Biliqo area in Merti on Saturday night.
  • Some 13 motorcycles were seized during the raid. One boda-boda rider escaped, police said.

Police in Isiolo are holding 70 foreigners who were arrested in Merti and Garbatulla areas in the past three days for being in the country illegally.

Authorities also seized 12 boda-boda riders who police say are accomplices in the human trafficking business.

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