The Immigration Department has arrested 67 illegal workers and 20 employers after raiding 74 locations in a two-day city-wide operation.

At 7pm today, 38 men and 29 women, aged 20 to 47, had been arrested for breaching their of conditions of stay. Apart from two male Nepalese, one Filipino and eight Indonesian domestic helpers, the remaining 36 men and 20 women are Mainlanders, mostly from Guangdong.

The employers, 10 men and 10 women aged 29 to 58, have been arrested for hiring illegal workers or aiding and abetting others to breach their conditions of stay.

The operation is continuing.