Two Bulgarians, guides for 30 migrants, caught and detained in Ilfov

According to the Ilfov Police, the policemen from the Feteşti Railway Transport Police Station detected, in traffic, within the radius of the Feteşti municipality, a minibus driven by a 28-year-old Bulgarian citizen, who was accompanied by a 29-year-old fellow citizen. Following the control carried out by the police on the means of transport, 30 people, foreign citizens, between the ages of 15 and 39, were found inside.

“Considering that the detected persons could not provide proof of legal entry into the territory of Romania and could not present legal residence documents, they were taken to the headquarters of the Feteşti Railway Transport Police Station. After the checks, it turned out that they are citizens of Afghan nationality, who declared that they crossed the border on foot, with the intention of reaching a country in the Schengen area”, the Ilfov Police reported on Wednesday.

The criminal investigation was continued against the two men, of Bulgarian citizenship, suspected of committing the crime of migrant trafficking, and the police ordered the detention of the two Bulgarian citizens. They were presented, on Wednesday, to the court, which ordered their arrest for 30 days.

Those in question were incarcerated at the Detention and Preventive Arrest Center within the Ialomiţa County Police Inspectorate.

The policemen from Transporturi carried out the criminal investigation under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office next to the Ialomiţa Court. They also collaborated with representatives of the Coast Guard and the Ialomiţa Immigration Bureau, with a view to their repatriation.