On Wednesday around 22:00 in the evening, on the highway Prishtina-Mitrovica, the police stopped a bus due to speeding, while after checks inside the bus, the police noticed that there were 57 foreign nationals.

The road that starts from Prishtina usually serves the citizens whose destination is Vushtrri and then Mitrovica, however for some people from the Middle East who were traveling by bus on Wednesday, the last stop was across the border.

On Wednesday around 22:00 in the evening, on the highway Prishtina-Mitrovica, police officers of the Regional Traffic Units of Prishtina stopped a bus due to speeding, while after the checks inside the bus, the police noticed that there were 57 foreign citizens. .

The bus that was stopped in the village of Milosevo had local license plates, while the driver was a person with the initials SU

The passengers were 48 Syrians, five citizens from Egypt, two from Iraq, one Palestinian and one citizen from Bangladesh.

According to the Kosovo Police, it is suspected that the foreign nationals came through illegal routes from Turkey, while the western countries were the target.

The driver of the bus was taken into custody for 48 hours, while the request for detention is expected.

Regarding this case, the custodial prosecutor from the Serious Crimes Department of the Basic Prosecution in Prishtina has detained a person suspected of the criminal offense of "smuggling of immigrants".

The Prosecution will submit a request for the detention of the suspect within the legal deadline and the decision is awaited by the Court ", stated the spokesperson of the Basic Prosecution in Prishtina, Laureta Ulaj.

Meanwhile, the migrants were received and treated by police officers from the Directorate for Migration and Foreigners, and after that 57 migrants were sent to the Asylum Center in Magure.

During the day, RTV Dukagjini requested permission from the Ministry of Interior to visit the center in Magure, however the Ministry of Interior did not respond.

MIA has indicated that the number of applicants for international protection currently located in the Asylum Center in Magure is 93 people, while the capacity of this center is 100 people.

The other asylum center in Vranidoll has a capacity for 116 people and currently no Asylum Seekers are located.