Four incidents of the promotion of illegal immigrants inside the country occurred yesterday and today, with the police officers of the Alexandroupolis, Orestiada and Rodopi Police Departments proceeding in the arrests of four foreign traffickers.

In particular, in the first two cases, yesterday morning, the two of those arrested went by trucks to the Evros Border Crossing Point in order to enter the country.

During the check, carried out by the officers of the Garden Passport Control Department of the Alexandroupoli Police Department with the help of a heartbeat detection machine and the assistance of customs officers, they found that they had hidden in the trailer of the vehicles, in one case 31 people and in the second 29, with the aim of transporting them illegally inside the country.

In the third case, last night on the Ormeniou-Ardaniou National Highway, police officers of the Didymoteichos Border Guard Department of the Orestiada Police Department arrested the third smuggler, who was spotted driving a truck and illegally transporting two irregular immigrants into the hinterland.

Finally, today, in the early hours of the morning, on the Egnatia Road, Komotini – Xanthi, policemen of the Sapon Border Guard Department of the Rodopi Police Department arrested the fourth smuggler, who illegally transported seven other immigrants in a car.

The vehicles were seized, as were the mobile phones of the arrested and money.

The arrested will be taken to the competent prosecutors, while the preliminary investigation for the four cases is carried out by the Alexandroupolis Security Sub-Directorate and the Border Guard Departments of Fero, Didymoteicho and Sapa.