Mbanza Kongo - Eleven violations of the border perimeter, which separates the province of Zaire from the Central Congo (DRC) region, were recorded in the last 24 hours by the Border Guard Police.
A note from the corporation distributed on Tuesday to ANGOP, indicates that compared to the previous day, there was an increase of two cases of border violation, which resulted in the arrest of 31 citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The document also says that the infractions occurred at the border posts of Luvo, Ntoyo, Luango, Kanga, Buela and Marco-12.
It stresses that after the operational interrogation, 23 illegal immigrants were referred to the directorate of the Migration and Foreigners Service (SME) in the region and eight were repatriated.
Also in the last 24 hours, the Border Guard Police, in the municipality of Mbanza Kongo, seized 1,811 liters of fuel that was to be smuggled in neighboring DRC.
Camouflaged inside bags of kikuanga to try to deceive the police forces deployed on the access road to the border commune of Luvo, the product was being transported by two three-wheeled motorcycles.
'These are the new modus operandis that smugglers are using to get fuel across the border. The police remain attentive to the new methods of these citizens', underlines the note.
In recent days, smugglers have chosen to camouflage fuel canisters in the middle of other goods bound for the DRC, to escape the control of police forces.
The commune of Luvo is 60 km north of the city of Mbanza Kongo, capital of Zaire province. JL/DOJ
