Eleven more Ethiopians were Tuesday night arrested from a house in Kayole, Nairobi as they waited to be smuggled out to South Africa.
The operation was carried out by officials from the Transnational Organized Crime Unit targeting the aliens who are believed in parts of the country in dozens.
Head of the Transnational Organized Crime Unit George Mutonya said the new group was in a house waiting to be shipped out when they were informed.
The suspects were expected in court on Wednesday to face smuggling charges.
Police who had been tipped off said they are looking for human smugglers behind the incident.
He told those coming to Kenya to use legal methods. “They can register as refugees for processing or obtain other legal documents,” said Mutonya.
This comes as a court at Kahawa West in the city ordered the detention of 41 other Ethiopians for six more days in police custody to enable police to complete their investigations on human smuggling.
The court ordered that the men be detained at the Kayole police cells while two prime smugglers a Kenyan and an Ethiopian, be detained at the Muthaiga police cells pending the probe.
The 41 aliens were arrested at the Baraka estate in Mihango while waiting to be shipped out.
They had been there for four days while waiting to be driven out to the next unknown destination.
The victims did not have documents to qualify for their status in the country and were in transit, Mutonya said.
Dozens of Ethiopians are arrested in the country as they try to use this route to other places like Tanzania, the Middle East and South Africa.
Police and immigration officials have decried increased cases of Ethiopian aliens nabbed in the country while in transit.
