KOTA KINABALU: Three Filipinos trying to slip into Sabah were arrested by marine police along Sabah's sea borders with the southern Philippines. Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) commander Datuk Wan Abdul Bari Wan Abdul Khalid said Sunday that the illegal immigrants, aged between 34 and 55 years old, were caught by police who were carrying out Ops Gelora in waters off Pulau Kulapuan in Semporna. Investigations are being carried out for human trafficking and migrant smuggling, he said. In another case, marine police seized 95,040 boxes of cosmetic cream worth RM285,000 that was brought into Tawau from Kalimantan. He urged public with any information on illegal immigrants and smuggling activities to call ESSCOM operations centre at 089-863181.

Source: The Star April 30, 2017 10:52 UTC