Myanmar authorities have arrested 17 Rohingya Muslims who were smuggled from western Rakhine State to Yangon, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday quoting an official.
The arrest on Saturday night came after a local resident reported to police that “some Muslims” were being sheltered in a house in North Okalapa Township of Yangon, the report said.
A police officer, who asked not to be named as he was not authorized to speak to media said each had paid 1.1 million Kyats (more than $850) to three human traffickers to smuggle them from Rakhine to Yangon over land through Magway town.