Police in Phalombe have arrested six Ethiopian migrants suspected to have entered the country illegally.

Spokesperson for Phalombe police, Jimmy Kapanja, has identified the six as Dorbe Berfe, 18, Dosen Birounu, 14, Bosnan Heloun, 25, Ummalu Keyar, 30, Dembele Asphono, 16, and Haftam Manomo, 18, all from Huson town.

According to Kapanja ,on 18 December evening, a security guard of Optichem Mining at Thundulu Hills noticed some strange movement of people in the bush and reported the matter to the Nambazo Police Unit.

Police rushed to the scene where they arrest the six.