In Hatay, 15 irregular immigrants who entered the country illegally were caught, and 4 suspects were sent to prison for allegedly smuggling immigrants.
Provincial Police Department teams stopped 4 vehicles, which were found to be carrying irregular immigrants, on the Antakya-İskenderun and Antakya-Samandağ highways.
The teams determined that 15 Syrian nationals in the vehicles entered the country illegally and detained 5 suspects on the grounds of immigrant smuggling.
4 of the suspects, who were referred to the courthouse after their procedures at the police station, were sent to prison by the judgeship, and 1 was released on condition of judicial control.
Irregular immigrants were taken to the Provincial Directorate of Immigration Administration for deportation.
On the other hand, 428 thousand 246 lira fines were imposed on drivers due to various violations, and vehicles were banned from traffic.