Two in the trunk: Smuggler packed eight refugees into cars

In any case, it probably wouldn’t have been comfortable in the Volvo with a French license plate. A total of nine people were squeezed into the car, which is only intended for five adults. The ride was probably most comfortable for the tractor at the wheel and the passenger.

Two in the trunk
However, space in the back seat was quite tight: five men sat next to and on top of each other. However, the two had it even worse because due to lack of space, only the trunk remained in which they had to involuntarily huddle together.

Use with quick success
The tractor had probably only recently crossed the border into central Burgenland and had not long been in Burgenland territory when the police started a search for the suspect vehicle. The operation quickly led to success. Shortly before Wepppersdorf, the officers managed to stop the fully loaded car. The men, some of whom were sitting on top of each other, left no doubt that it was a tugboat ride.

Migrants happy with fresh air
One by one, the packed migrants got out of the car. Given the low level of ‘travel comfort’, the eight men from Syria were probably not completely unfair about this abrupt end to their journey. They were fine with it, but also happy to finally be outside again.

For the human smuggler, however, the journey ended in handcuffs. It was not possible to interview him on the spot because he did not know a single word of German. It is therefore still unclear whether he acted on his own initiative or on behalf of a gang. The Armenian was arrested.

32 smugglers have already been arrested
The smuggler is one of five smugglers arrested in the past week alone. Since the beginning of this year, the conscientious work of the police has made it possible to arrest 32 smugglers. The number of arrested refugees is much higher: this year there were almost 3,300.