Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-03-14
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[01] Stolen van used to ferry illegals
[01] Stolen van used to ferry illegals
(ANA-MPA) -- A total of four local residents and 10 illegal immigrants
were arrested in the early morning hours Saturday on a stretch of the
Egnatia motorway near the northern city of Thessaloniki after
authorities attempted to intercept a stolen van.
The illegals along with the 30-year-old driver and his 25-year-old
female co-driver were arrested in the vehicle, reportedly used to
deliver newspapers.
Another couple, 39 and 27, were arrested in another car on charges of
acting as a lookout for the following van.
The illegal immigrants had been allegedly picked up in the extreme NE
town of Alexandroupolis after sneaking into Greek territory from
Turkey.
In an unrelated development, police recovered a total of 62 grams of
cocaine after arrested three men, including an 18-year-old foreign
national in the northern city of Thessaloniki over the weekend.
According to reports, the cocaine was divided into numerous small
packets for sale to street buyers.
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