Man nabbed for attempting to smuggle 13 immigrants in Beluran

BELURAN: The Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) has arrested a local man for allegedly trying to smuggle in 13 illegal immigrants here.

Esscom commander Datuk Ahmad Fuad Othman said the 40-year-old suspect was carrying the illegal immigrants in a lorry along the Kota Kinabalu-Beluran route when they were nabbed at about 8.40 pm on Wednesday.

They were using an illegal trail to avoid the Sapi Nangoh road checkpoint when travelling from Beluran to farms in the area, he said in a statement, Friday.