Sri Lanka, Feb. 5 -- A woman has been arrested for operating a fraudulent foreign employment agency and recruiting individuals for employment in Dubai, Romania, and several Middle Eastern countries, according to the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE).

The suspect was taken into custody on February 03 by officers of the Special Investigation Unit of the SLBFE.

Acting on a tip-off, the SLBFE's Special Investigation Unit carried out a raid on the fraudulent foreign employment agency, which was being operated from a rented house in the Mulleriyawa area, the SLBFE said in a statement.

The agency was reportedly operated by a woman residing in the Udamulla area. During the raid, officials seized 154 foreign passports, employment c...