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Approximately 30 migrants were caught by the authorities, in the past 24 hours, hidden in trucks with goods checked at the border with Hungary, four of them being found in the toolbox of a truck.
Thus, six Afghan citizens, asylum seekers in Romania, were found hidden in a truck driven by a Bulgarian citizen, at the Varsand Border Crossing Point (PTF). The truck was loaded with ceramic tiles that were transported to Austria.
According to the Arad Border Police, similar cases were recorded at the Nadlac II border crossing point, where 15 migrants were discovered hidden in two trucks, driven by a Turkish and a Romanian driver, transporting aluminum rollers and various goods to Germany and the Czech Republic.
"During the verifications, the border police established that the two groups were made up of citizens from Afghanistan and Pakistan, asylum seekers in Romania," the Arad Border Police informed on Thursday.
Four migrants from Pakistan and Afghanistan were also found in the Nadlac border checkpoint area.
Also, five migrants were caught near the border close to the Curtici town, and following the investigations "it was established that they intended to cross illegally into Hungary."
In Bihor County, at Bors II crossing point, in a truck driven by a Bulgarian citizen, which transported drinks to Russia, four Afghans, asylum seekers in Romania, were found hidden in the toolbox of the semi-trailer.
In all cases, border police are conducting investigations, Agerpres informs.
