Kuala Lampur, April 10 --  

PUTRAJAYA, April 10 - The Immigration Department arrested 27 individuals, aged 13 to 42, in a special anti-human trafficking operation around Kota Bharu on April 8.

Its director-general, Datuk Zakaria Shaaban said the operation first arrested two local men, which led to a raid at a residential premises believed to be used as a safehouse and arrested 25 others, including the mastermind of the human trafficking operations.

"Investigations revealed that the mastermind had been previously arrested but has continued to carry on conducting human trafficking activities," he said in a statement today.

The 22 others arrested were two other local men, believed to be transporters, and 22 foreigners - eight M...