Police detain shipload of 117, intercept truck with another 17

The coast guard arrested 117 illegal immigrants at sea near the Ionian island of Zakynthos, the Merchant Marine Ministry said yesterday. The immigrants, all men, were aboard an Egyptian-flagged vessel intercepted without lights about 7 kilometers off the south coast of Zakynthos. Authorities were searching for three migrants reported missing. The coast guard also arrested the crew of six Egyptians and a Greek. Meanwhile, an Albanian national caught trying to smuggle 17 illegal immigrants over the border into Greece has been detained, police said. A search of a truck being driven by the suspect, in the region of Thesprotia, revealed 17 Albanian immigrants, including two minors.
(09.10.07)   Kathimerini English Edition   ()
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