20 undocumented foreign nationals nabbed at Durban truck depot

DURBAN - Twenty foreign nationals have been arrested during a law enforcement raid at a truck depot in Durban. 

They're alleged to be undocumented. 

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli made an unannounced visit to the area following complaints from South African drivers. 

They raised concerns about their working conditions.   

Ntuli said some of the suspects arrested on Friday face other criminal charges. 

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"Some of them you'll find that they have criminal cases apart from going through the processes of deportation, they will have to face those charges first." 

He said two of those arrested are managers at the depot.  

"The owners were arrested immediately when we discovered that they have employed undocumented foreign nationals. The next is for yourself as the owner who has also employed them, to be also taken by the police to answer."  

The arrests come after 135 undocumented migrants were arrested last week in Hammarsdale and Chatsworth.