(ANSAmed) - ATHENS, OCTOBER 17 - Two Turkish citizen were
arrested today for illegally transferring 77 Syrian immigrants
on a luxurious sailboat from the Turkish coast and disembarking
them at the beach of Charaki on the Greek island of Rhodes, in
the eastern Aegean Sea.
As GreekReporter writes, the Turkish smugglers tried to
return to their country but officials from the Central Port
Authority of Rhodes arrested them. The vessel was confiscated,
while the two traffickers, aged 30 and 32 years, were led to the
Prosecutor's Office. The 77 Syrian immigrants were transferred
to Rhodes Hospital, where they were subjected to the necessary
tests, while six people were provided first aid. Those six
included two pregnant women, an old woman who lost
consciousness, and a man with a broken leg. (ANSAmed).
