The arrest of a second person, 28 years old, for the case of trafficking of informal migrants at dawn in the sea area of Pomos from the Turkish coast, the Paphos Police proceeded to facilitate the interrogations.
As reported in an earlier Cyprus Times report, authorities yesterday first arrested a 30-year-old man and then proceeded to arrest the 28-year-old.
According to the information under investigation, yesterday (28/4) at dawn, members of the Port and Maritime Police, while on sea patrol, spotted a suspicious inflatable boat in the area of Latsiou-Pomos, in which a total of 26 persons were on board.
- Accompanied by Turkish boats, the migrants arrived in Paphos. Mother with two children in hospital[/B]
- Inflatable boat with migrants off Paphos. Authorities mobilized
The boat was safely taken to the port of Latsiou, where later the same day, the informal migrants, after undergoing the required tests to verify their identity, were transferred to the detention centre for informal migrants in Nicosia.
When the vessel was intercepted, the 30 year old man was the driver[/B], while from further examinations conducted, it was established that during the course of the vessel towards Cyprus, the 28 year old man was the driver.[/B]
The two arrested persons were taken into custody to facilitate interrogations and are expected to be brought before the Court today.
The Paphos CID, in cooperation with the YAM (Paphos Police Station) and the Polis Chrysochous Police Station, are continuing their investigations
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