|
|
|
Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-11-11
CONTENTS
[01] Police point to int'l ring after truck loaded with Italy-bound
illegals intercepted
[01] Police point to int'l ring after truck loaded with Italy-bound
illegals intercepted
(ANA-MPA) -- Authorities on Thursday arrested 143 illegal migrants from
Afghanistan after stopping a truck on the Athens- Corinth national
highway, following a tip-off and surveillance of the vehicle.
The driver of the refrigerator truck, a local man, along with five
Syrian nationals in a car travelling ahead of the truck as a
"look-out", were also arrested in what police charge is an organised
crime ring ferrying illegal migrants into western Europe from Turkey
via Greece.
The truck was headed for the western port city of Patras, Greece's hub
for ferryboat routes to Italy.
The car carrying the Syrians at first failed to stop to police
commands, fleeing down the highway before being stopped outside the
town of Xylokastro. (ANA-MPA)
More details on the subscriber's page of APE-MPE | Subscription request
form
|
