SISAK, Oct 17 (Hina) - Eighty foreigners were arrested in Sisak-Moslavina County, south of Zagreb, on four occasions over the past four days after illegally entering Croatia from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Local police at the same time
arrested two persons suspected of smuggling people across the state border. Last night near Petrinja, a police patrol found 17 Turks, including two children, in a truck driven by a 44-year-old Zagreb resident. Thirty-eight Iranians, including 15 children, were found near Gvozd at 04.40 hours on Monday inside a truck with Zagreb licence plates which was driven by a 38-year-old resident of Blatusa, a village near Gvozd. Around 8 p.m. the same day, 13 Turkish citizens were caught in Maja and another four in Dabrina, two villages near Glina. Three Turks and five Iranians, of whom one baby, were caught in Ljeskovac near Dvor around 10.50 hours on Oct. 11. All the foreigners were ba
SISAK, Oct 17 (Hina) - Eighty foreigners were arrested in Sisak-
Moslavina County, south of Zagreb, on four occasions over the past
four days after illegally entering Croatia from Bosnia and
Herzegovina.
Local police at the same time arrested two persons suspected of
smuggling people across the state border.
Last night near Petrinja, a police patrol found 17 Turks, including
two children, in a truck driven by a 44-year-old Zagreb resident.
Thirty-eight Iranians, including 15 children, were found near
Gvozd at 04.40 hours on Monday inside a truck with Zagreb licence
plates which was driven by a 38-year-old resident of Blatusa, a
village near Gvozd.
Around 8 p.m. the same day, 13 Turkish citizens were caught in Maja
and another four in Dabrina, two villages near Glina.
Three Turks and five Iranians, of whom one baby, were caught in
Ljeskovac near Dvor around 10.50 hours on Oct. 11.
All the foreigners were banished from Croatia. They were turned
over to Bosnia and Herzegovina police in line with a Croatia-BH
agreement.
(hina) ha