30 Afghan nationals held in northwestern Turkey

KIRKLARELI, Turkey

At least 30 Afghan nationals were held after being found inside a truck in northwestern Turkey, provincial security sources said on Wednesday.

Police and Gendarmerie Command teams in Kirklareli province, which borders Bulgaria, stopped and searched a suspected truck at the entrance of the Kofcaz district, the sources said.

The irregular migrants, who entered Turkey illegally, were caught and then referred to the provincial migration office, while the truck driver was arrested.

*Writing by Jeyhun Aliyev from Ankara