Twelve Ethiopians held at border

By Lucas Ng’asike

Twelve foreigners were arrested at the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Turkana North District in a suspected human trafficking syndicate involving immigration officials and a Somali tycoon.

Police in Lokitaung seized the Ethiopians at Kaaleng Trading Centre on Saturday while being ferried to Nairobi.

Sources said the foreigners arrived in Omorate Town on the Ethiopian side two weeks ago as traffickers organised to transport them to Nairobi.

DC Jack Obuo said the Local foreigners were sneaked into the country from different routes.

Officers also impounded a vehicle with Somalia registration numbers, which was to ferry the foreigners to Nairobi.

official stamp

The foreigners possessed travelling documents bearing Ethiopian official stamps and endorsed with a stamp from the Kenyan Lokichoggio immigration Offices.

The documents were stamped on February 12.

"We are scrutinising the documents because most of them, which were processed by the Ethiopian immigration officials at Omorate border town are written in Amharic", said the DC.