According to the Ihlas Haber Agency news agency, a group of 81 illegal migrants hiding in the trailer of a Bulgarian-registered truck driven by a Bulgarian citizen was discovered during an operation by security forces in Istanbul's Esenyurt district.

After being stopped for inspection, the driver tried to escape, but was caught. 

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Police found the trailer was full of people, some of whom had fainted from shortness of breath.

Upon verification of their identity, it became clear that out of a total of 81 migrants in the group, 70 are from Syria, 10 from Iraq and one from Palestine.

During the interrogation in the police, the migrants said that they had previously moved to Edirne, from where they intended to cross to Europe through the Turkish-Bulgarian border.

In Edirne, they agreed with the driver of the truck for the sum of 1000 dollars per person to take them across the border in Bulgaria, from where they would go to Western Europe.

However, it turned out that the driver, instead of transporting them to Bulgaria, took them to Istanbul and intended to leave them in a wooded area in the suburban area of ​​Esenyurt.

The driver was fined 209,494 Turkish lira and will be tried for illegal human trafficking, Nova TV notes.

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