Police in Germany and Belgium, including special forces, have arrested seven suspected members of a smuggling gang. According to the Traunstein public prosecutor's office and the federal police, several homes were searched during the operation, including in the central Franconian district of Ansbach and in Leipzig.
Almost 300 migrants smuggled
The investigators assume that the gang smuggled almost 300 migrants to Germany in cars, mainly via Austria and Poland. The public prosecutor's office stated that no further details could be provided at present for tactical reasons.
According to the investigators' findings so far, most of the suspected gang members lived in Belgium. Police officers arrested six people there on Tuesday morning on outstanding warrants, and another arrest was made in Germany. When asked where exactly, a spokesperson for the public prosecutor's office was initially unable to say.
