Police authorities neutralized three hundred and twenty-two citizens of various nationalities in Tete province who were trying to cross into the country.

Of the advanced number, ninety-eight are of Malawian nationality, thirty-six Zambians and thirty-eight Zambians, questioned in the districts that share the border, according to Rádio Moçambique.

The spokesman for the PRM provincial command in Tete, quoted by the broadcaster, said that compared to the same period last year, there had been a reduction of eighteen border violators, thanks to the measures imposed by the corporation.

Feliciano da Camara also said that the corps will continue to tighten the siege in the districts located on the border with the interland countries, in order to guarantee public order, security and tranquillity.

He said that the districts of Angónia, Tsangano, Moatize, Changara, Mágoè, Zumbo and Marávia are where the most cases of systematic border violations occur.

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