Uganda, April 28 -- The Ministry of Internal Affairs has arrested at least 231 illegal immigrants in two separate intelligence-led crackdowns targeting irregular migration.

According to the Ministry Spokesperson Simon Peter Mundeyi, 169 foreign nationals were arrested last night in an apartment in Bukoto, a Kampala suburb, without valid immigration status. Of these, 36 are women.

He explained that the majority are from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Ghana, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Malaysia.

"Inside the building we recovered a significant cache of computers of all types and IT equipment used to facilitate illegal gaming, betting and organized scamming," Mr Mundeyi said.

He added: "The group was operating from a hig...