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SHENZHEN, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Police from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong have jointly caught 2,100 people who attempted to cross the border illegally from abroad, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
Twelve groups who masterminded the activities were also busted, with 218 organizers or transporters arrested, according to figures released after a meeting on Monday about a crackdown on illegal border crossing.
Initiated by the ministry in February, the crackdown targeted foreigners trying to enter Hong Kong and involved police from Hong Kong, the provinces of Guangdong and Yunnan as well as Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The ministry cited two major cases in which 46 facilitators and 154 stowaways from South and Southeast Asia were nabbed in Guangdong and Hong Kong.
The ministry vowed to ensure strengthened cooperation between police from Hong Kong and neighboring Guangdong and Guangxi to maintain a firm hand on illegal immigrants and stowaways.
