The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority or ICA has made its
largest arrest for the year.
It nabbed 45 immigration offenders, comprising Indian nationals
and Bangladeshis, in an early-morning raid late last month.
They were found underneath Whampoa flyover and were fast asleep
when enforcement officers swooped down on them.
ICA also mounted another raid earlier today at Aljunied flyover
and arrested another 13 immigration offenders - all Indian
nationals.
The Authority says, all 58 suspects are men, aged between 21 and
56 years old.
Preliminary investigations show that they were mainly working as
old job labourers, cleaners and construction workers - earning
between $7 and $40 a day.
In convicted, illegal immigrants can be jailed up to six months
and receive at least three strokes of the cane.
--938Live
