Overview
- An off-duty officer found two men about 12 kilometres north of Kalumburu on Monday, and four more were located in the townsite on Tuesday.
- WA Police said the group entered Australia via an unknown vessel as part of a larger arrival.
- All six were taken to the Kalumburu Multi-Functional Police Facility for medical assessment before being placed in Australian Border Force custody, ABC confirmed.
- Border Force deployed boats to the coast and began an investigation, and officials have not disclosed the men's subsequent destination, with local reports saying they were flown out.
- Kalumburu's isolation with roads closed heightened concern over detection, and the incident renewed scrutiny of maritime border policy following earlier Kimberley landings.