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Officers net another six IIs on vessel

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CUSTOMS officers found six more mainland illegal immigrants yesterday in the third incident in eight days.

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Six mainlanders, aged between 18 and 44, were arrested on a vessel off Cha Kwo Ling after failing to produce identification documents for officers.

Five were from Fujian province and one from Guangxi. They were handed to police.

The department intercepted 13 illegal immigrants on land and at sea in 1999 but have already arrested 10 suspects in the first 20 days this year.

The spokesman said Customs had the manpower to tackle the problem.

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'Most are found during our routine searches so our workload has not increased.' The department was seeking co-operation from cargo traders to stop illegal immigrants.

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