Border police officers from the western Cenad Border Crossing Point found two citizens from Bangladesh and two from Nepal, hiding in a van, who tried to illegally cross the border into Hungary.
The driver, a Romanian citizen, is being investigated for the crime of migrant trafficking, according to a press release from the Timisoara Border Police, delivered on Wednesday, AGERPRES.
At the Cenad Border Crossing Point, a 28-year-old Romanian citizen who was driving a van registered in Romania and was transporting, according to the documents, rolls of paper, presented himself for border formalities on his way out of the country. During the detailed control of the means of transport, the border police discovered four foreign citizens in the cargo compartment, who were taken to the hearings. During the checks, it was established that the persons are two citizens from Bangladesh and two from Nepal, aged between 24 and 49, who entered Romania legally and who declared that they intended to arrive illegally in a western state Europe, agerpres reports.
Considering the aspects found, the border police have started investigations for the attempted fraudulent crossing of the state border for foreign citizens, and the driver is being investigated for migrant trafficking, and upon completion, the necessary legal measures will be taken.