They were in a bus when police stopped them in the sub-district of Mandau, in the Bengkalis regency on Wednesday, Siak police chief Adj. Sr. Comr Sugeng Putut Wicaksono said via telephone on Thursday.
Police moved after receiving information about the illegal immigrants from local people, Sugen said, adding , they are being questioned by police .
He said the bus driver and a spokesman of the illegal immigrants said they wanted to go to Lampung from which they planned to proceed to Australia.
The driver Ardalis and his conductor Siregar were detained for police investigation, he said.
He said the illegal immigrants would be sent to the Immigration Detention House in Pekanbaru , but Ardalis and Siregar would be charged with legal offense.
The two violated immigration law facing a maximum punishment of 5 years in jail, he said.
Currently the Pekanbaru immigrant detention house is already crowded with 125 immigrants from various countries including from Afghanistan.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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