TRIPOLI, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Security Department of the western Libyan city of Zuwara, some 120 km west of the capital Tripoli, on Wednesday announced arresting 21 illegal immigrants.
"After receiving information about a number of illegal immigrants in a farm located south of Abu Kammash town (35 km west of Zuwara), a patrol was sent to investigate," the department said in a statement.
"After the information received was confirmed, the farm was surrounded and stormed," the statement added.
It noted that 21 immigrants, including 5 women and a child, were found in the farm, all of whom were in a good health condition.
The immigrants have been taken to a police station in Zuwara to take necessary procedures, the statement added.
Libya is a preferred point of departure for immigrants wanting to cross the Mediterranean towards European shores because of the state of insecurity and chaos that followed the 2011 uprising.
Immigrants' shelters in Libya are crowded with thousands of migrants who have been rescued or arrested by the Libyan authorities.
