Law enforcement officers found out that a 21-year-old resident of the village of Bedevlya was transporting illegal migrants in his car Opel. Officers of the Department for Combating Crimes Related to Trafficking in Human Beings, together with fellow law enforcement officers from Zaporizhzhya region, officers of the Patrol Police Office, as well as officers of the State Border Guard Service, tried to stop the Tyachiv resident’s car, but the man ignored the legal request to stop and started running away from the police. During the chase, two illegal migrants managed to escape, and the 21-year-old Tyachiv resident and another passenger were detained by the police together with border guards. APB on other two illegals was put out and in the end, the men were also detained in Svalyava.
A pre-trial investigation has been launched under Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, ie illegal transportation of persons across the state border of Ukraine. The 21-year-old driver was detained under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine and placed in a temporary detention center. Other persons involved in the process of smuggling of illegals to the European Union are being identifed, – the Communications department of the Transcarpathian police reported.
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