\n<\/p>\n
Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers arrested three persons, aged between 26 and 35, on Tuesday (Dec 16) for overstaying. A 29-year-old Indian man was also arrested for harbouring immigration offenders, according to the ICA.<\/p>\n
The arrests were part of an inland enforcement operation conducted by the ICA at a residential unit in Jurong West.<\/p>\n
In a Facebook post on Dec 18, ICA said that the trio \u2014 an Indian man, a Filipino woman, and one Nepalese woman \u2014 had overstayed their social visit passes and were also suspected to be working illegally without work permits.<\/p>\n
In connection with the trio’s arrest, the 29-year-old man was also arrested for allowing them to reside in his unit without first checking that their immigration status in Singapore was legal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
ICA investigations into the four persons are ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Those caught harbouring immigration offenders may be sentenced to jail for up to two years and fined up to $6,000.<\/p>\n