The Port Authority of Astypalaia was notified by the European emergency call number 112, about the existence of a vessel with a large number of passengers, in coastal area of ​​Phyllada of Astypalea. Immediately, its executives went and spotted twenty four foreigners, who boarded the boat and were taken to the port of Skala in Astypalaia.

Also, in the Kaminakeia area, they were spotted by EL.AS officials. another forty-one foreigners, who were transferred to the port of Skala. One foreigner out of a total of sixty-five (27 men, 12 women and 26 minors) was initially transferred to the Astypalaia General Hospital and then transferred by helicopter to the General Hospital of Rhodes.

In further control by a patrol vessel LS-EL.AKT. a suspicious inflatable boat was located with the two foreign smugglers of the remaining foreigners, aged 54 and 34, on board. The foreigners were arrested for Illegal entry into the country, Obligations of carriers – Sanctions, Illegal possession of another person’s travel document and Forgery.

From the Port Station of Astypalaia, which is conducting the preliminary investigation, two mobile telephone devices, two certificates of competence of doubtful authenticity and a certificate of nationality of the vessel of doubtful authenticity were confiscated.