The Comptroller of Immigration in the state, Muhammad Argungu said many of the aliens were arrested following tip-offs from the areas where they stayed.
He said most of them were from the neighboring countries of Niger, Chad and Cameroon, adding that they usually entered the country on market days and refused to return home.
Argungu said the command usually deployed its personnel in plain clothes to markets, motor parks and other public places to monitor, arrest and deport illegal aliens to their countries after investigations.
He said the command had doubled its efforts as a result of the security situation in the country.
“We are working with other security agencies as well as traditional rulers to ensure that all suspicious movements are immediately reported so that there is no breach of the law,” he said.
Commenting on the June 24 local government elections in Zamfara, Argungu said the command was partnering with traditional rulers and other security agencies to prevent foreigners from participating.
He said the command recently arrested a woman, who specialised in taking underage girls to various households to serve as house-helps under very harsh conditions.
He said "the little girls and their courier" had been handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons in Sokoto for further investigation and prosecution.
The comptroller appealed to people in the state to assist the command with information about any suspected foreigners to enable it to act promptly.
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