37-year-old arrested in Tilos smuggler from Moldovawho attempted to smuggle 31 illegal aliens into the country.
Coast Guard Force found him on Tuesday morning (21/01) on a speedboat with illegal migrants near the beach Skafis on Tilos. The Coast Guard cutter's crew, on a scheduled patrol, used lights and sounds to try to stop the speedboat, but to no avail.
A chase ensued, during which the driver of the boat ran aground on the beach, where he dropped off the illegal migrants. Ground patrols found 31 people (20 men, 4 women and 7 minors), as well as the boat they arrived on.
Tilos Coast Guardwhich is conducting a preliminary investigation, arrested a foreigner originally from Moldova, who was identified by those rescued as the driver of the boat.
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