STA, 12 March 2021 - The police in the north-eastern region of Pomurje pulled over a car near Srednja Bistrica on Thursday to find a 35-year-old citizen of Moldova illegally transporting 11 Pakistani citizens. They were handed over to Croatian authorities.
The Moldavian, who was driving a Renault Scenic with Austrian licence plates, was pulled over just before 7am. After police found the Pakistani men in his car, he was placed in custody and will face an investigative judge.
Police also found three foreigners hiding in a truck in Gornja Radgona. The cargo was brought to a Gornja Radgona company from Serbia, but when its trailer was opened, three men jumped out and ran away only to be caught by police soon after.
The men were citizens of Afghanistan and had entered the trailer on 9 March in Serbia to enter Slovenia illegally, the Murska Sobota police said. They too will be returned to Croatian authorities.
Koper police meanwhile discovered 30 illegal migrants this morning in a van with Slovenian licence plates, which initially refused to pull over near the Škofije border crossing with Italy in the south-west.
