PETALING JAYA: The general operations force (GOF) has detained 379 undocumented migrants at the Malaysia-Thailand border during the first three months of the year through Ops Taring Wawasan.
GOF southeast brigade commander Sheik Azhar Sheik Omar said a total of 322 men and 57 women were detained, with the majority of them from Myanmar, Bernama reported.
He said the others were from Thailand, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Cambodia, China and India.
“They entered the country through illegal routes for various purposes, including job opportunities,” he was quoted as saying after distributing Aidilfitri cookies to officers and personnel at the Jeram Perdah police station in Pasir Mas, Kelantan.
Azhar said during the same period, the GOF seized various contraband worth RM18.5 million, including drugs and firearms.
“This success is the result of collaboration between the GOF and other enforcement agencies to curb smuggling activities,” he said.