(AP) Police in North Macedonia said Thursday that 26 migrants, who had been crammed into two cars driven by suspected smugglers, have been detained near the southern border with Greece.
A police statement said the cars were near the town of Valandovo late Wednesday when the drivers spotted a police roadblock ahead of them, stopped the vehicles and ran off with their passengers.
After a brief chase, officers detained the 26 Syrian nationals, as well as the two drivers — a Serb and a man from North Macedonia. If tried and convicted of migrant-smuggling, the two suspects face up to five years’ imprisonment.
