SARAJEVO, July 20 (FENA) - Members of the Dobrljin Border Police Unit on Sunday, arrested E. B. (1980), a BiH citizen, after he attempted to smuggle 13 illegal migrants from BiH to the Republic of Croatia at a location in Kostajnica.
Two other persons were involved in the smuggling of migrants in this instance, in addition to E. B. but they drove away in an unknown direction when they saw members of the BiH Border Police.
Illegal migrants, including minors, were smuggled in three vehicles. None of the illegal migrants possessed identification documents, and in a conversation with officials, they stated that they came from Bangladesh.
According to the order of the Prosecutor of the Prosecutor's Office of BiH, due to the existence of grounds for suspicion that the criminal offense of "smuggling of persons" has been committed, a report on the criminal offense against E. B. will be submitted to that institution. The vehicle and other evidence were temporarily confiscated, the BiH Border Police stated.
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