KUALA LUMPUR: Authorities arrested 96,844 foreigners for various criminal offences nationwide between 2024 and September this year, reflecting a year-on-year upward trend.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Mohd Khalid Ismail said the total comprised 33,136 arrests in 2024, before rising to 36,740 in 2025.

This represented an increase of 3,604 arrests, or 10.9 per cent, from the previous year.

"From January to September this year, 26,968 arrests of foreigners involved in criminal offences were recorded.