29 suspected illegal immigrants, believed to be of Burundian origin, have been apprehended in a joint operation by the Zambia Police and the Department of Immigration in Chirundu District.

The suspects aged between 10 and 40 were being kept at a house in Mission Compound.

Among the immigrants, twelve (12) Burundian Nationals entered Zambia through Zombe Immigration border control, 13 who had fake Tanzanian Travel Documents entered Zambia through Mbala while 4 had no documents.

By Victoria Kayeye Yambani