Oman arrests illegal infiltrators

Published November 20th, 2002 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Royal Oman Police officials have arrested 223 infiltrators for illegally entering the Sultanate through various governorates and regions between November 9-15, according to an ROP Public Relations Department official source.  

 

The source said that 200 of them had been arrested in the Musandam Governorate, 20 in the Batinah Region, 2 in the Dhofar Governorate and one in the Muscat Governorate, the Oman News Agency reported.  

 

The ROP source added that 201 of those intruders were Pakistanis, 3 Iranians, 16 Afghans, 2 Yemenis and one Somali. (Albawaba.com) 

 

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