Guangdong border police have cracked an immigrant trafficking case Friday. Twenty six Vietnamese were discovered crammed into a room of less than 30 square meters in Shenzhen and were detained for suspected illegal laboring.

In late August, the Sixth Border Defense Detachment of Guangdong’s armed police received a line report that a number of Vietnamese were about to illegally enter a southern coastal area of China to seek work in Hong Kong and southern China.

At midday on October 9, after a month’s investigation, Guangdong police targeted the area of the suspected immigrants.

Around 5:20 p.m., when the commander gave the order, after laying in ambush for a long time, the police stormed the building. In a tiny room, less than 30 square meters with basic facilities, the police quickly arrested 26 people suspected of illegal immigration.

After initial questioning, the 26 people - 16 men and 10 women - were all Vietnamese. Many of them are related, including two couples, two brothers and a mother and son. 54 percent of those detained were born after 1990, the youngest only 14 years old.

The detainees claim that their fixers had guaranteed them wages 10 times higher in China’s southern coastal area and Hong Kong than they earn in Vietnam, with the provision that each one paid a 1,000 to 10,000 yuan agency fee. The higher wages in China have lured them to take the risk of the smuggling.

This case is currently under further investigation.