11 Somali nationals including three girls are being held by the police on suspicion of entering the country without permission after being found in a guest house in Mbeya.

Mbeya Regional Police Commander, Benjamin Kuzaga said the people were arrested on March 27 this year in an ongoing search in Mbeya region.

Two children are eight years old each and the other is 15 years old. Along with nine adults.

They were found in a guest house called Rubi located in Kyela district in this region preparing to go to Malawi.

He named those arrested as Ibrahim Hussein Muhamed (42), Abdikafi Hassan (26), Ramadhan Taju (26), Muhamed Nuria (26), Abdirahman Ally (27), Faud Jimale (19), Abdulrahman Samari (20) and Hanad Muhamed (22). ).