Turkish police arrested at least 75 irregular migrants in the capital Ankara on Monday, according to security sources.
SEVENTY FIVE IRREGULAR MIGRANTS
Acting on a tip, police nabbed the migrants in an early morning operation against human smuggling, said the sources demanding anonymity, due to restrictions on speaking to the media. Among the migrants were 33 Afghan, 30 Pakistani and 12 Bangladeshi nationals.
Police hunts a suspected smuggler, who was found to bring the migrants from the eastern Van province after illegally crossing Turkey border. The migrants will be extradited following legal procedures at the provincial migration office, sources said. Meanwhile, Turkish security forces were chasing irregular migrants across the country.
The gendarmerie in Van arrested some 250 migrants, including Afghan, Bangladeshi, Iranian and Pakistani nationals, in operations in five districts.
Separately, in the southern Hatay province, bordering Turkey with civil war-weary Syria, 51 Syrians were held while trying to enter Turkey illegally.
