Podlasie. The border guard detained migrants from Somalia and Afghanistan and “courier”

A 24-year-old Greek citizen tried to illegally transport twelve migrants to Western Europe. A special cache was arranged in his car. The journey began in Latvia. At the Polish-Lithuanian border, however, foreigners had to leave the bus and cross the border in the forest themselves. Border guards detained “Kurier” and seven Afghans and five Somalis.

Migrants were detained in the forest, near the border with Lithuania by SG officers from the facility in Rutka-Tartak, and the driver during the Mercedes delivery check on Polish registration numbers. On Monday, a spokeswoman for the Podlasie Border Guard Department Major Katarzyna Zdanowicz announced that the Greek driving this car was the “courier” of migrants – a group of twelve people: seven Afghans and five Somalis. According to the findings of border guards, their bus journey began on Latvia. At the Lithuanian border with Poland, the migrants were blown up to walk to the Polish side through the forest. – All this to avoid road controls carried out by the services at the Polish -Lithuanian border in connection with counteracting illegal migration – added Maj. Zdanowicz.

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The Greek faces up to eight years imprisonment

The driver was to pick up migrants on the Polish side in the agreed place, but he was detained. There was a cache in the car specially constructed for the transport of people. The entrance to her was behind the driver's seat. Migrants were also detained, who illegally crossed the border. As part of Readmisja (sending migrants – ed.) – they were transferred to Lithuanian services.

A 24-year-old Greek was charged with organizing the illegal crossing of the border, he faces up to eight years in prison. In addition, the commander of the SG outpost issued a decision to explore the driver from Poland, with placing unwanted persons in the list for five years. Its execution was suspended until the end of the criminal proceedings.

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Additional checks

The Border Guard emphasizes that although the Polish-Lithuanian border (its entire section of 104 km is in the Podlasie Voivodship) is the internal EU border, inspections are also carried out there. Especially since the Baltic countries bordering Belarus are also exposed to attempts to organize people's transfer through their borders. In Poland, additional inspections are also carried out by the services cooperating with the SG – the police, Cash register and road transport inspection.