Kenyan police officers found trafficking 13 foreigners

Kenyan authorities have arrested two police officers who were found trafficking 13 people from Ethiopia using a police vehicle.

According to local media, the officers were transporting eight Ethiopians, four Eritreans and a Sudanese national in a vehicle belonging to Kenya's Border Police Unit.

The officers, who were armed with police-issued firearms, were intercepted in Kenya's north-western county of Turkana, which borders Ethiopia.

Authorities say that they also detained the foreigners, who will likely be arraigned in a Kenyan court or repatriated to their countries.

The foreigners said that they were transiting through Kenya on their way to South Africa.

This article originally appeared on BBC News.

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