People smugglers, 22 migrants detained in Budapest

Budapest police in the 8th district detained two people smugglers who were transporting a group of 22 illegal migrants in their minibus in the early hours on Wednesday.

The Budapest Police Headquarters received a report of a suspicious vehicle in Kisfaludy Street on 25 October 2023 at around 3:26 AM. The officers immediately went to the scene, where they found 22 people in a Ford Transit, claiming to be Turkish citizens, who could not prove their legal residence in Hungary.

Two men tried to run away from the vehicle, but the 39-year-old Azerbaijani and the 31-year-old Georgian were caught within minutes. To break the latter’s resistance to lawful action, the police used electric shocks, which caused no injuries, the statement said.

The two men were brought to the district police station, and the Budapest Police Headquarters is initiating proceedings on suspicion of human trafficking.

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