Today at 10 am they are expected to appear before the investigatorthe five border guards who were smuggling migrants in Evros, according to what their defense attorney said.

It should be noted that the 5 border guards were arrested by men of the Internal Affairs Service of the Security Forces of Northern Greece as part of a police operation.

Offenses they are charged with bribery of an employee, abuse of power and violation of the Immigration Code, breach of duty and social inclusion.

As it emerged from the investigation so far, the police officers, at least since October 2022, have been in contact with rings operating in a neighboring country, allegedly committing acts or omissions aimed at facilitating the entry into our country of citizens of third countries.

From the combined analysis of the material gathered, came up that the 5 policemen facilitated in at least 12 cases the illegal entry into Greek territory of an unknown number of citizens of third countries, while the action of 4 more foreigners residing outside Greek territory was also ascertained