Almost 50 migrants from six Asian countries were detected by border police in Nedlak II, Arad County, as they tried to cross illegally from Romania to Hungary. They were hidden in two TIRs, and one of them had a specially designed compartment, a double wall, to hide defectors, writes news.ro.

“During the last 24 hours, at the Nădlac II checkpoint, two citizens, one Romanian and one Turkish, who were driving vehicles registered in Romania, appeared to complete border formalities on their way out of the country. and Turkey. According to the accompanying documents, the drivers were transporting metal products and auto parts for commercial companies from Germany and France,” said the Saturday press release of the border police.

During a thorough inspection of the vehicles, the border guards discovered a total of 47 items hidden in the semi-trailer among the cargo being transported, respectively in a special compartment located in the front part of the double-walled semi-trailer. foreign citizens

“The individuals were detained and taken to the sector headquarters for investigation, where the border police determined that they were citizens of Bangladesh, Syria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Iraq and Afghanistan, some of whom had entered legally. , and others are asylum seekers in Romania,” the press release also states.

The border police started criminal proceedings on the facts of migrant trafficking for drivers and attempts to fraudulently cross the state border for migrants.