Bulgarian Border Police Arrest 13 Illegal Immigrants

Bulgarian border police at Kapitan Andreevo found late on Friday two illegal immigrants hidden inside a TIR truck. Photo by the press office of Bulgaria's Interior Ministry

Bulgarian border police have detained 13 illegal immigrants, the majority of them without identification documents.

The people said they were Georgian,Pakistani and Iraqi nationals, the press office if the Interior Ministry reported on Saturday.

At 6.55 a.m. on Saturday, border patrol agents detained two men near the road to the Malko Tarnovo border crossing point.

The men claimed to be Georgian citizens but failed to present any ID documents.

The two have been detained for 24 hours at a temporary detention site and the prosecuting authority has been notified.

At 9.30 p.m. on Friday, border police at the Svilengrad border crossing point detained nine people without identification papers near the village of Kapitan Andreevo.

The people said they were Pakistani nationals.

The detained are two men and two women aged 28 to 32 and five children aged 2 to 8.

The male adults have been placed at a temporary detention facility, while the women and children have been taken to a site designated for women with infants.

At 23.00 p.m. on Friday, border police at the Kapitan Andreevo border crossing point stopped for inspection a TIR truck with a Turkish registration plate driven by a 47-year-old Turkish national.

Two men aged 21, both of them Iraqi nationals, were found hidden in the TIR truck.

The men have been detained for 24 hours and have been placed at a temporary detention site at the Svilengrad border crossing point.

The TIR truck is staying at the border crossing point.

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