18 Refugees nabbed in Girne port

18 Syrian refugees packed into a truck in an attempt to illegally enter the TRNC through the Girne port were nabbed on Wednesday afternoon.

According to police report, the refugees, 18 in total and all male from Syria were arrested at about 1:00pm on Wednesday while hidden in a tramcar at the Girne port.

A lot of smuggled cigarettes were also seized in the search made on the truck. The truck driver C.Ç, 45 was arrested.

The police are investigating the matter.