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The Department of Immigration has detained 283 suspected illegal immigrants of various nationalities pending further screening and prosecution, following a clean-up operation conducted on Wednesday in different parts of Lusaka.
Immigration Public Relations Officer. Namati Nshinka, said the operation was carried out in collaboration with the Zambia Police, Drug Enforcement Commission, and the National Anti-Terrorism Centre.
In a statement issued in Lusaka on Thursday, Nshinka reported that 357 individuals were initially apprehended during the operation, which began at 05:00 hours.
“Among those detained were 207 Burundians, 61 individuals claiming to be Zambian citizens, 53 Congolese, 10 Rwandese, six Tanzanians and four Malawians,” Nshinka said.
He added that the group also included two Eritreans, two Indians, two Zimbabweans, one Egyptian, one Lebanese and one Pakistani.
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Screening was conducted at Edwin Imboela Stadium, where 68 individuals, mostly Zambians, were released unconditionally.
Six were asked to report to Immigration Offices for further formalities, while two Zambians apprehended for drug-related offences were handed over to the Drug Enforcement Commission.
Nshinka also noted that the department took custody of 40 bicycles abandoned by their owners, who fled upon seeing law enforcement officers.
“The Department wishes to thank members of the public for their cooperation during this operation, which contributed to its success and ensured it was incident-free,” Nshinka stated.
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