Migrant smugglers arrested at bus depot

Two men arrested on Saturday at the central Intercity Bus (KTEL) station in Athens are Afghan nationals believed to be members of a ring that smuggled irregular migrants from Greece into other countries of the European Union, authorities said on Tuesday. The two suspects -- aged 22 and 47 -- were arrested at the KTEL depot on Kifissos Avenue after being caught bringing eight illegal migrants to the station in a car and a taxi in order to place them on a bus headed to the western port city of Preveza. Police, who were acting on a tip-off, believe the migrants would then be boarded by other ring members onto a boat that would take them further west into the European Union.
(05.02.2013) Kathimerini English Edition
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