Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-12-26

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] Rescue, arrests of Italy-bound illegals

[01] Rescue, arrests of Italy-bound illegals

Authorities were notified that the vessel was drifting in the sea region, with a patrol boat dispatched to the scene.

The boat had been reported stolen from a Corfu marina.amna

The alleged migrant smuggler was arrested and will be led before a local prosecutor, while the illegals were transferred to a border patrol unit.

Further south at the western port of Patras, a total of three non-EU nationals were arrested during attempts to board Italy-bound ferry boats with forged travel documents.

In one instance, the 62-year-old driver of a truck and his 62-year-old companion were also arrested for stowing away one of the migrant inside the tractor trailer.amna

Finally, in the extreme northwest port of Igoumenitsa, one foreign national was arrested along with the driver and co-driver of an Italy-bound lorry early Sunday morning, after authorities discovered that the former possessed and displayed forged travel documents with the purpose of illegally exiting Greece and entering Italy.

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