O Sunday afternoon near the village of Bogorodica (Gevgelija area), police officers from the Bogorodica Border Check and Surveillance Station (under the Regional Center for Border Affairs – South) arrested B.K. (39) from Skopje. The arrest followed the discovery of seven migrants, five from Afghanistan and two from Egypt, inside the Skoda vehicle with Skopje license plates that he was driving.
“On Sunday afternoon, two additional migrants from Egypt, who were part of the group but had not entered the vehicle, were located at a site known as “Kravarski Pat”. In connection with the incident, and due to suspicion of a criminal offense under Article 418-b of the Criminal Code, a 17-year-old from Egypt with temporary residence in Greece was also arrested on October 12 at 00:05. The migrants were placed in the reception-transit center in Gevgelija, while B.K. and the 17-year-old have been detained at the police station,” the Macedonian Ministry of Interior (MoI) said in its report.