Fourteen suspects were arrested on Sunday in Macao and Zhuhai for alleged people-smuggling using sampans to carry mainlanders illegally in and out of Zhuhai and Macao.
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A male mainlander was arrested for illegally entering Macao and three suspects were arrested for assisting him in obtaining false documents and a fake nucleic acid test (NAT) certificate so that he could gamble in local casinos.
Three mainlanders in Macao and four suspects in Zhuhai, including the suspected kingpin and other key members, were arrested early on Tuesday by the local and Zhuhai police respectively who had teamed up to smash a people-smuggling ring.
Two men and a woman were arrested and a speedboat was seized on Monday in another people-smuggling case.
A people-smuggling gang that helped mainlanders enter and leave Macau illegally via a construction site near the Zhuhai-Macau land border in Ilha Verde was jointly busted by the Judiciary Police and Zhuhai Public Security Bureau.
