Croatia stops Pakistani, Afghan EU-bound immigrants
Croatian police arrested illegal immigrants when they were trying to cross the border hidden in a trailer.
ZAGREB:
Croatian police Wednesday said they had arrested 16 illegal immigrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan, half of them minors, when they were trying to cross the border hidden in a trailer.
The 16 men aged between 15 and 31 were found on a northwestern border crossing in the trailer of a truck with Serbian registration plates, a police statement said.
The HINA news agency said the immigrants boarded the trailer in Greece and were hidden between bags of flour.
Croatia lies on a Balkans route often used by criminals to smuggle people, drugs and weapons into the European Union.
Croatian police Wednesday said they had arrested 16 illegal immigrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan, half of them minors, when they were trying to cross the border hidden in a trailer.
The 16 men aged between 15 and 31 were found on a northwestern border crossing in the trailer of a truck with Serbian registration plates, a police statement said.
The HINA news agency said the immigrants boarded the trailer in Greece and were hidden between bags of flour.
Croatia lies on a Balkans route often used by criminals to smuggle people, drugs and weapons into the European Union.