Motihari, Sep 21 (IANS) Five foreign nationals were apprehended in a joint operation by the police and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) from the Ghodasahan area of East Champaran district of Bihar.

They are currently being questioned. The apprehended foreign nationals had reached Bihar via Nepal.

It is reported that late on Saturday night, the SSB received information that some suspected foreigners were trying to go to Patna and had left a village here.

The SSB officials immediately informed the police. A joint team of SSB and Bihar Police reached the Ghodasahan bus stand and launched a search, an official said.

The police then detained four occupants of the passenger bus. One person was later caught.

Four of the foreigners arrested are Sudanese, and one is a Bolivian national. Notes wri

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