Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Albania nabs 5 over smuggling illegal migrants


(MENAFN) Albanian authorities declared that one policeman and four citizens were nabbed in centre Albania late Thursday for allegedly smuggling illegal migrants.

The special probe was carried out by the Internal Affairs Service and Complaints Department (IASC) of the Interior Ministry.

Those detainees are believed to have helped 19 foreign migrants, including Syrians, to sneak into the country illegally.

The 19 migrants were arrested at the entrance of Pogradec city centre in Albania while they were being shifted in the direction of the capital city Tirana in two vehicles driven by Albanian citizens.

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