Police, Immigration and Labour Department officers have arrested 17 illegal workers and their employers at Lunar New Year fairs and parallel trade hotspots in North District.
Officers searched the Lunar New Year Fairs in Victoria Park, Morse Park, Kwun Tong, Tseung Kwan O, Sha Tin, Tai Po and Sheung Shui yesterday.
Five illegal workers and their four employers were arrested.
In the past two days, officers also searched locations in Lok Ma Chau and Sheung Shui, and arrested eight Mainlanders involved in parallel trade activities for breaching their conditions of stay.