Illegal immigrants arrested, deported from Oman

Energy Wednesday 23/October/2019 13:57 PM
By: Times News Service
Illegal immigrants arrested, deported from Oman

Muscat: Eleven illegal immigrants have been deported and another 63 were arrested last week, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) announced.

According to authorities, the arrested immigrants held were from 'various nationalities'. The suspects were arrested for entering the country illegally.

In a statement online, the police said: "The statistics released by the department of anti-infiltration at the Directorate General of Operations and the Royal Oman Police revealed that during the past week, 26 infiltrators from various nationalities were arrested from numerous wilayats in the Sultanate for entering the country illegally."

"On the other hand, the data also revealed that during the same week, 11 infiltrators were deported in accordance with the legal procedures followed in this regarding," the police added.