The Immigration Department crippled a human trafficking syndicate and arrested 51 undocumented migrants in an operation codenamed “Op Gelombang V” in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, last Wednesday.

Its director-general Ruslin Jusoh said those arrested consisted of 43 Indian nationals, comprising 39 men and four women, two Pakistani men, and six Thai nationals, comprising two women and four boys.

He said the undocumented migrants, aged between two and 60 years...