Police are holding 24 Ethiopian nationals who had been abandoned in a bush in Merti area, Isiolo.
Police said the group walked to Biliqo Patrol Base in the area after realizing their smuggler had abandoned them.
This was after the smuggler realized there were many roadblocks on the highway while headed for Nairobi on Sunday.
The group told police they were in transit to South Africa after crossing to Kenya at the Kenya-Ethiopia border with the assistance of smugglers.
This is a common trend in the area amid a crackdown to address the menace of human smugglers and traffickers.
On Sunday, May 5 morning, police in Biliqo Patrol Base said that a group of 24 Ethiopians turned themselves to the police, after being abandoned in the nearby bushes.
They were later searched, interrogated and placed in custody, awaiting arraignment for the offence of being unlawfully present in Kenya, police said.
Police said they are looking for the smugglers behind the incident.
These are the latest arrests to be made of Ethiopians in a series.
