Bangladeshis among 41 migrants detained in Greece
Afp, Komotini
Police in northeastern Greece on Tuesday detained 41 would-be migrants hidden on board a tanker truck near the border with Turkey, a police source in the local town of Komotini said. The group of men from Bangladesh, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Somalia were stowed in a special compartment and had each paid 2,000 euros (2,700 dollars) for passage to Athens, the source said. The tanker was intercepted on the highway between Komotini and the northeastern port city of Alexandroupolis. The Turkish driver of the vehicle and two Turkish passengers fled into a neighbouring wood, and are being sought on suspicion of people-smuggling.
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