BUTTERWORTH: A group of foreigners who used the Maal Hijrah holiday to meet up with their friends landed in trouble when Penang Immigration Department swooped in on them at Penang Sentral, here today.

State Immigration Department enforcement chief Kholijah Mohamad said the 18 foreigners, aged between 20 and 45, comprised 15 men (Bangladeshi - six; Myanmar - four; Indonesian - four; Cambodian - one) and three Indonesian women.