Wed, 15 Nov 2017 10:00:50 +0000 By Simon Muntemba A COMBINED team of Immigration and Zambia Police over the weekend pounced on unsuspecting illegal immigrants and arrested a good number, fishing some from their dwelling places and shops. Officers from the immigration department and the police swung into action last week on Friday in an effort to fish out illegal immigrants in Lusaka’s Mandevu and Matero East Township. The door-to-door operation on houses suspected to be habouring illegal immigrants began in the early hours of Friday and lasted until mid-morning. In a dramatic scene, a Somali woman suspected to be an illegal immigrant was seen being interrogated by officers in plain clothes at Twafika Bakery much to the amusement of on-lookers. The woman who tried to call her husband to come to her rescue was however quickly whisked away in a grey Nissan hard body 4×4. Her efforts were in vain as the no-nonsense officers […]
