JESHI la Polisi Mkoani Iringa Kwa kushirikiana na Jeshi la uhamiaji limewashikilia wahamiaji haramu nane wambao wameingia nchini bila kibali huku raia hao wakiwa ni raia wa nchini Ethiopia wakiwa wamepakizwa kwenye gari ambayo inayotumika kubeba Magazeti ya Kampuni Mwananchi Comunication Ltd iliyokuwa ikitokea Jijini Dar Es Salaam kwenda Jijini Mbeya.
Gari hiyo ilikamatwa leo katika eneo la kizuizi cha polisi cha ukaguzi wa magari Igumbilo (Cheki Point) Manispaa ya Iringa majira ya saa 11 alfajiri wakati askari wa jeshi hilo wakiwa doria.
Akithibitisha kukamatwa kwa wahamiaji hao kamanda wa Polisi Mkoa wa Iringa Peter Kakamba alisema wakiwa katika ukaguzi wa kukagua magari walilikamata gari hiyo aina ya Toyota Hiace yenye namba za usaliji T.745 DED.
Kamanda Kakamba aliwataja madereva waliokuwa wakiendsha gari hiyo kuwa ni Godfrey Kaka (32) akiwa na msaidizi wake Michael Jafet (37) wote wakazi wa Jijini Dar Es Salaam.
Alisema kuwa ndani ya gari hiyo alikutwa Elias Patson (30) ambaye ni mkazi wa Jijini Dar Es Salaam na baada ya kumhoji alijitambulisha kuwa ni msindikizaji.
Kakamba alisema kuwa bado jeshi hilo linaendelea kwa uchunguzi kwa ajili ya kubaini huyu msindikizaji ni msindikizaji wa magazeti au wahamiaji hao.
Akizungumza Michael Jafet alisema kuwa wakati wakitoka Jijini Dar Es Salaam walivyofika Mbezi Jijini humo walisimamishwa na mtu ambaye hawakumtambua kwa jina na kuwaeleza kuwa wawachukue na kuwashusha eneo la Nyololo liliyopo Mkoani Iringa na kwamba nauli ya kila mmoja ni Tsh.30,000.
Ni wiki mbili zimepita baada ya kukamatwa kwa wahamiaji haramu 83 pamoja na madereva wawili na kufanya jumla ya watu 85 na hivi leo wamekamatwa waethopia nane na kufanya jumla ya wahamiaji 93 ndani ya mwezi mmoja.
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By Friday Simbaya, Iringa
Police in Iringa in conjunction with the immigration department have arrested eight Ethiopian nationals yesterday making number to jump up to 93 of total migrants arrested in January alone this year for allegedly entering into the country illegally.
The Ethiopians migrants were travelling in a newspapers van belonging to one Newspapers Company called Mwananchi Communications Ltd (MCL) from Dar es Salaam to the City Mbeya.
Iringa Regional Police Commander, Peter Kakamba confirmed the incident today and told reporters that the van carrying newspapers was arrested at Igumbilo Police Checkpoint in Iringa Municipality during an inspection at 05:30 hrs daybreak.
RPC said Toyota Hiace with registration number DED T.745 that was caught is at Iringa Central Police together with three Tanzanians was arrested in connected the incidence.
Kakamba named the drivers who are in police custody as Godfrey Kaka (32) with his assistant Michael Jafet (37), all residents of Dar Es Salaam.
He said that during inspection inside the car they found Elias Watson (30) who is a resident of Dar es Salaam and after interviewing him it reviewed he escorting migrants to the destination.
RPC said the Ethiopians boarded the van in Dar es Salaam to Nyololo area in Iringa region at the fare of Tsh.30, 000/- each
It was two weeks passed since the arrest of 83 illegal immigrants with two drivers making a total a total of 93 migrants within one month.
The number of Ethiopian migrants crossing into the country illegally while trying to make their way to South Africa and later on to Europe is increasing day after day in the country.
RPC said two drivers, one agent and eight Ethiopian migrants are in police custody waiting to be taken court to answer charges.
He narrated the total of illegal migrants arrested for this mouth alone has reached 93 now.
The past two weeks Police in Iringa have intercepted at least 83 illegal immigrants from Ethiopia who were loaded into the vehicle with registration number T.478 DFE Scania going to Malawi via Kyela in Mbeya Region.
According to Iringa Regional Police Commissioner (RPC) Peter Kakamba told reporters’ that the incidence happened at around 11:30 am midmorning near in Mahenge Village, suburb of Kibotola, Mazombe Ward of Mahenge Division, Kilolo District in Iringa Region.
RPC said police were on patrol in the ongoing crackdown operation Iringa to deal with illegal migrants, human trafficking together with other criminal offenses.
He narrated that police arrested a driver Hance Mwakyoma, 28 a resident of Tukuyu, Mbeya Region and his assistant named Alex Adam, 32 a resident of Mbeya City Council and the case has been already taken to court.
According to the RPC, preliminary investigations had established that the suspects were Ethiopian nationals who boarded the vehicle at Kongowe in Dar es Salaam.
Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in 50 years with more than 10 million people unable to feed themselves because their crops and animals have died.
The Ethiopian migrants passing through Tanzania travels thousands of miles packed in trucks.
It is reported that the migrants are usually pay traffickers around $ 1000 to $2000 per head to reach South Africa.
Akithibitisha kukamatwa kwa wahamiaji hao kamanda wa Polisi Mkoa wa Iringa Peter Kakamba alisema wakiwa katika ukaguzi wa kukagua magari walilikamata gari hiyo aina ya Toyota Hiace yenye namba za usaliji T.745 DED.
Kamanda Kakamba aliwataja madereva waliokuwa wakiendsha gari hiyo kuwa ni Godfrey Kaka (32) akiwa na msaidizi wake Michael Jafet (37) wote wakazi wa Jijini Dar Es Salaam.
Alisema kuwa ndani ya gari hiyo alikutwa Elias Patson (30) ambaye ni mkazi wa Jijini Dar Es Salaam na baada ya kumhoji alijitambulisha kuwa ni msindikizaji.
Kakamba alisema kuwa bado jeshi hilo linaendelea kwa uchunguzi kwa ajili ya kubaini huyu msindikizaji ni msindikizaji wa magazeti au wahamiaji hao.
Akizungumza Michael Jafet alisema kuwa wakati wakitoka Jijini Dar Es Salaam walivyofika Mbezi Jijini humo walisimamishwa na mtu ambaye hawakumtambua kwa jina na kuwaeleza kuwa wawachukue na kuwashusha eneo la Nyololo liliyopo Mkoani Iringa na kwamba nauli ya kila mmoja ni Tsh.30,000.
Ni wiki mbili zimepita baada ya kukamatwa kwa wahamiaji haramu 83 pamoja na madereva wawili na kufanya jumla ya watu 85 na hivi leo wamekamatwa waethopia nane na kufanya jumla ya wahamiaji 93 ndani ya mwezi mmoja.
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By Friday Simbaya, Iringa
Police in Iringa in conjunction with the immigration department have arrested eight Ethiopian nationals yesterday making number to jump up to 93 of total migrants arrested in January alone this year for allegedly entering into the country illegally.
The Ethiopians migrants were travelling in a newspapers van belonging to one Newspapers Company called Mwananchi Communications Ltd (MCL) from Dar es Salaam to the City Mbeya.
Iringa Regional Police Commander, Peter Kakamba confirmed the incident today and told reporters that the van carrying newspapers was arrested at Igumbilo Police Checkpoint in Iringa Municipality during an inspection at 05:30 hrs daybreak.
RPC said Toyota Hiace with registration number DED T.745 that was caught is at Iringa Central Police together with three Tanzanians was arrested in connected the incidence.
Kakamba named the drivers who are in police custody as Godfrey Kaka (32) with his assistant Michael Jafet (37), all residents of Dar Es Salaam.
He said that during inspection inside the car they found Elias Watson (30) who is a resident of Dar es Salaam and after interviewing him it reviewed he escorting migrants to the destination.
RPC said the Ethiopians boarded the van in Dar es Salaam to Nyololo area in Iringa region at the fare of Tsh.30, 000/- each
It was two weeks passed since the arrest of 83 illegal immigrants with two drivers making a total a total of 93 migrants within one month.
The number of Ethiopian migrants crossing into the country illegally while trying to make their way to South Africa and later on to Europe is increasing day after day in the country.
RPC said two drivers, one agent and eight Ethiopian migrants are in police custody waiting to be taken court to answer charges.
He narrated the total of illegal migrants arrested for this mouth alone has reached 93 now.
The past two weeks Police in Iringa have intercepted at least 83 illegal immigrants from Ethiopia who were loaded into the vehicle with registration number T.478 DFE Scania going to Malawi via Kyela in Mbeya Region.
According to Iringa Regional Police Commissioner (RPC) Peter Kakamba told reporters’ that the incidence happened at around 11:30 am midmorning near in Mahenge Village, suburb of Kibotola, Mazombe Ward of Mahenge Division, Kilolo District in Iringa Region.
RPC said police were on patrol in the ongoing crackdown operation Iringa to deal with illegal migrants, human trafficking together with other criminal offenses.
He narrated that police arrested a driver Hance Mwakyoma, 28 a resident of Tukuyu, Mbeya Region and his assistant named Alex Adam, 32 a resident of Mbeya City Council and the case has been already taken to court.
According to the RPC, preliminary investigations had established that the suspects were Ethiopian nationals who boarded the vehicle at Kongowe in Dar es Salaam.
Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in 50 years with more than 10 million people unable to feed themselves because their crops and animals have died.
The Ethiopian migrants passing through Tanzania travels thousands of miles packed in trucks.
It is reported that the migrants are usually pay traffickers around $ 1000 to $2000 per head to reach South Africa.
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