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People Smuggler Ring Head Arrested in Budapest

MTI-Hungary Today 2020.10.07.

A Syrian national suspected of operating a people smuggling ring was arrested in Budapest on Tuesday, police.hu reported.

The gang is believed to have transported illegal migrants, mostly Syrians and Afghans, from the Hungary-Serbia border to Austria on at least 33 occasions between October last year and January 2020, the website said, adding that the migrants had been organised in groups of 3-6 people.

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The police earlier detained one of the drivers and a coordinator of the gang.

Featured photo via police.hu

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