THE Department of Immigration in Mpika has detained 109 suspected illegal immigrants following a targeted operation conducted in Shiwang’andu District’s Danger Hill Mining Area. In a statement, Tuesday, Immigration Chief Public Relations Officer Namati Nshinka said the suspects were among 112 persons apprehended during a joint operation involving the Department, DEC and the Police. Nshinka disclosed that preliminary investigations indicated that some of the suspected illegal immigrants were illegal gold miners or buyers of gold illegally mined in the area. “The Mpika Immigration Office has detained 109 suspected illegal immigrants following a targeted operation conducted in Shiwang’andu District’s Danger Hill Mining Area. The suspects were among 112 persons apprehended during a joint operation carried out in the early hours of...
