Three suspected migrant smugglers arrested in northern Greece

[InTime News]

Police successful bluish Greece person arrested three suspects accused of smuggling migrants into the state successful two abstracted incidents, the state-run Athens Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) reported connected Tuesday.

In the archetypal case, officers stopped a αυτοκίνητο connected the Thessaloniki-Athens nationalist road adjacent Sindos and questioned 4 Chinese passengers who appeared to person entered illegally crossed the borderline with North Macedonia and were headed to Thessaloniki. The driver, a 37-year-old Greek, and a 24-year-old Afghan rider were arrested. Police said the Chinese nationals did not person documents allowing ineligible residence successful the country.

In the 2nd incident, a 34-year-old Bulgarian antheral was detained aft officers discovered three Palestinians successful his vehicle, two of them hidden successful the trunk. The αυτοκίνητο was intercepted connected the Egnatia Highway adjacent Kerdyllia. Police said the operator attempted to evade the stop, sped distant and abandoned the vehicle earlier being caught.

According to the AMNA, the Palestinians told investigators they had each paid €16,000 to unidentified individuals successful Libya successful speech for transport to North Macedonia, their intended destination.

Authorities said some cases are under investigation.