Officials of the Port Authority of Symi, located in the early hours of Wednesday morning, ten (10) foreign men, Kuwaiti nationals, while also arresting their two foreign traffickers, a 38-year-old Ukrainian national and a 26-year-old Romanian / Moldovan national.

In particular, the Port Authority of Symi was informed about the disembarking of foreigners from a sailing vessel in the Pedi Bay area of ​​Symi. Immediately, a patrol vessel LS-EL.AKT. proceeded to the area where he located the unmanned sailboat as well as an auxiliary vessel with two people on board. Initially the auxiliary vessel did not comply with the instructions of the Coast Guard, however it was then stopped and its occupants were arrested.

At the same time, officers of the Port Authority identified ten (10) foreigners in the wider land area, who identified the 38-year-old and the 26-year-old as the operators – captains of the sailboat and as the traffickers who transported them from the Marmaris region of Turkey. The foreigners had paid the sum of five thousand US dollars. ($5,000) each.

The I/F vessel was seized by the Symi Port Authority, which is conducting the preliminary investigation.