A man transporting illegal migrants was detained yesterday at the Regional Office in Dimitrovgrad, reported the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - Haskovo.

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At 3:15 p.m., in the course of an illegal migration operation, officers stopped a Ford car traveling from Harmanli to Sofia for inspection on the Maritsa highway.

The car was driven by a 58-year-old resident of Dimitrov, known to the law enforcement authorities.

Five men from Afghanistan were traveling in it, who, after establishing their identities, were brought to the Special Home for Temporary Accommodation of Foreigners in Lyubimets.

The citizen of Dimitrovgrad has been detained for up to 24 hours, and the work on the case continues, the police added.

The previous case in the region of a person detained for helping foreigners stay illegally in the country was on November 22 in Topolovgrad.

Then, during an inspection of a van belonging to a 30-year-old Turkish citizen, 20 migrants identifying themselves as Syrians were found in the luggage compartment.  

A jeep overturned, and a pregnant woman and a child are in hospital after another run-in with migrants

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