Police officers from the Delnice Police Station, Čabar branch, observed a private vehicle with Zagreb registration plates in the area of Čedanj yesterday, 16 October, in the early hours of the morning. Several people got out of the vehicle, and the driver was a 39-year-old Egyptian national.
The Egyptian national was criminally reported for smuggling foreign nationals in Gorski Kotar, according to police. After the vehicle was observed, police acted in accordance with procedures, and a criminal complaint was filed against the suspect with the competent state prosecutor's office.
The investigation is ongoing to establish all the circumstances of the case. Police did not disclose details regarding the number of people in the vehicle or their origin.
This case is part of the broader problem of migrant smuggling in Croatia's border areas. Croatian police continuously carry out enhanced surveillance measures on key roads and border crossings to combat this type of crime.
