German police performed a significant raid in opposition to a gaggle of suspected folks smugglers early Wednesday, German information company dpa reported.
Around 400 officers, amongst them federal police and GSG 9 particular models, searched greater than 20 flats and places of work, primarily in Berlin, but additionally within the jap state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Five males had been arrested, 4 of them in Berlin and one within the metropolis of Halle, whereas one other 12 suspects had been below investigation, dpa reported.
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The group is alleged to have introduced not less than 90 folks, largely from Turkey and Iraq, to Germany, with every paying a number of thousand euros.
Police officers arrest a person throughout a raid in Berlin, Germany, on March 15, 2023. German police performed a raid in opposition to a gaggle of suspected human smugglers. (Paul Zinken/dpa through AP)
They had been flown from Istanbul by airplane to the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo. From there, they continued their journey to Germany by automobile throughout the so-called Balkan route. Some of them had been found within the flats that police searched on Wednesday.
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The suspects have primarily Turkish or German citizenships, in response to police.
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