Tanga Regional Police Commander Mihayo Msikhela
The aliens were travelling from Kilimanjaro Region to Dar es Salaam
and were suspected to have been attempting to make their way into South
Africa and further to Europe and America for greener pastures.
According to Tanga Regional Police Commander Mihayo Msikhela, the
Ethiopian nationals were arrested on Friday at the Segera Police road
block in Handeni District.
“They were travelling using Kilimanjaro Bus with registration numbers T.893 APD,” Mihayo said.
He said the illegal immigrants were arrested after police at the
road block inspected the bus in collaboratuion with officers from
Immigration Department. He named the aliens as Tariku Menche (180),
Eddisse Tagesse (19) and Zewudc Shemebo (28). “After inspection of their
tickets, they were discovered to have used Tanzanian names. Those
tickets were issued in Moshi; this shows that they were being supported
by unscrupulous Tanzanians,” the RPC said.
He encouraged Tanzanians to be patriotic and desist from engaging
in illegal businesses, particularly facilitating human trafficking.
“This is against the country’s laws,” he warned.
The official said that the police force was alert and would work
day and night to end the problem, which has grown in recent years.
The suspects will be taken to court on today to answer charges leveled against them, including entering Tanzania illegally.
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