Chittagong:  An anti-smuggling squad of Bangladesh Navy arrested 15 Bangladeshis while they were going to Malaysia illegally from the outer anchorage of the port city, Chittagong, in the early hours of Thursday.

Identities of the arrestees could not be known immediately.

Commander Atiqur Rahman, also officer-in-charge of Navy’s anti-smuggling cell, said a team of it arrested 15 Bangladeshis in the area while they were going to Malaysia illegally by a trawler at about 3:30am.

The team also arrested an alleged human trafficker.

The arrestees will be handed over to police.