Two minor foreigners aged 17 and 16 respectively, as well as a 34-year-old citizen were detained by law enforcement agencies. police for smuggling and facilitating immigrants.

In particular, police officers of the Department for the Prevention and Suppression of Crime of the Thessaloniki Security Directorate detained a 34-year-old citizen in the wider area of ​​the French River early this morning. , the driver of the car and his 17-year-old foreign passenger, when, according to police, five foreigners were found in the car (one of them in the trunk) who did not have travel documents. In fact, the 17-year-old boy tried unsuccessfully to escape on foot.

Meanwhile, in another case, a 16-year-old foreigner was arrested by the police of the Aliens Department in Thessaloniki on the charge that in the apartment he lives in, in the Ampelokipi area, he hosted five foreigners who had illegally entered in the previous days to the territory of Greece. According to police, the 16-year-old was paid money for hospitality.

Those arrested, with cases filed against them by the Departments of Immigration Administration of Mygdonia and Thessaloniki, respectively, will be taken to the competent prosecutor’s office.

^{Source: APE-MEB}