PUTRAJAYA: A Myanmarese and a Bangladeshi were arrested by the Immigration Department during a special operation in the federal capital on Wednesday (March 27) on suspicion of being the masterminds of a foreign worker syndicate.

The suspects, both men, aged 50 and 52, were arrested on suspicion of having breached provisions in the Immigration Act 1959/63 (Act 155), the Passport Act 1966 (Act 150) and the Immigration Regulations 1963.