Across China: Guangdong

'Human smugglers' caught

Eight human traffickers, including five Chinese and three foreigners, were arrested by frontier guards in south China attempting to smuggle 18 foreigners into Hong Kong. The three foreign human traffickers were from India and Nepal. Frontier guards were tipped off and stopped a speedboat close to Hong Kong. They found 10 foreigners inside and arrested five Chinese snakeheads from Shenzhen City.