A combined team of Immigration and Police Officers in Chinsali have apprehended twelve undocumented Ethiopians aged between 14 and 26 for failing to appear before the nearest Immigration Officer on entry.
Immigration Public Relations Officer Namati Nshinka says the Ethiopians were nabbed yesterday, as they wandered the bushes of Mutambe Akasuba Area in Shiwang’andu District at around 11:40 hours.
Mr Nshinka explained that the Chinsali Immigration Office was alerted to the presence of the Ethiopians by alert members of the public.
He said an abandoned Mitsubishi Pajero Vehicle Registration number BAG 4282 was later discovered in the area.
He said preliminary investigations suggest that they may have been transported from Nakonde in the Mitsubishi Pajero by unknown persons and were heading to Lusaka before they were abandoned in the bush.
Mr Nshinka noted that it is believed that there could be more suspects apart from the driver of the Pajero yet to be nabbed and, therefore, the search for them has continued.
He added that the Ethiopians have since been taken to Chinsali pending prosecution.