Noida police detain 60 foreigners for illegal stay

At least 60 foreigners were detained in Greater Noida for staying illegally in the area. According to a statement by a police spokesperson, some of the foreign detainees have escaped the police custody, while a probe in the case is underway.

Noida (Uttar Pradesh): "Some" of the 60 foreigners, detained in Greater Noida for staying in the country without valid travel documents, escaped from police custody on Thursday night.

The detainees were being held at the district police lines in Surajpur from where they fled, a police spokesperson said without elaborating on how many of them managed to escape.

"A probe has been launched into the matter and further proceedings are underway," the spokesperson said.

Sixty foreign nationals were detained and faced deportation after police searches in Greater Noida on Wednesday found them staying in the country without documents. Almost all of those held are from eight African countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Ivory Coast and Angola. Twenty-eight of them were women, said SSP Vaibhav Krishna.

During the police inspection, 222 bottles of beer marked for sale in Delhi, 3.5 kg cannabis, six laptops and 114 Airtel sim cards were seized from their residences, he added.