An alarm was sounded at dawn yesterday when a boat south of Crete was found with 274 immigrants, which was in a difficult position.
Immediately, a patrol ship of LS-ELAKT, a patrol boat of LS-ELAKT were sailed. , a ship of Frontex force, and three floating ships were committed.
The wooden fishing boat with 274 foreigners was found with the help of the unmanned aircraft “Heron 2”.
223 were taken to the Portuguese flag “AS SARA” and the remaining 51 on the port boat.
All foreigners (229 men and 45 minors) were transferred to the anchor of good ports and with the help of Lanza “ELENI” 2097, landed safely on land.
Subsequently, they were taken to a temporary hospitality area at the port of Heraklion, accompanied by LS-ELAKT executives. and executives of AT. Faistou.
During the preliminary investigation by the Central Port Authority of Heraklion, three foreigners (Egyptian nationals) aged 21, 34 and 46 were recognized as the traffickers of the rest and arrested.
According to a statement by the rescuers, they began on June 19th on the Libyan Tobruk coast, paying money to Greece for 170,000 – 200,000 Libyan dinars and $ 3,000 USA.
The Department of Security and Protection of Maritime Borders, in collaboration with the Chania Port Authority, analyzes and processes all the elements that have emerged and explores the possible extension of the action of the members of the criminal organization in question, as well as its cooperation with other members of organized circuits.
Source: Skai
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