Some 300 Bosnian police took part in a raid on a migrant center near Sarajevo during which two people were arrested for drug trafficking and 21 others were temporarily detained, Bosnia's State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) told RFE/RL on October 23. One Libyan and one Moroccan were arrested for the possession and sale of narcotics during the raid on the Usivak center near the Bosnian capital, SIPA said, adding that 17 of those temporarily detained were found to be illegally in the country and are suspected of people smuggling and other illegal activities. Those detained are to be deported back to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Morocco, SIPA said. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Balkan Service, click here.
Bosnian Police Raid Migrant Center, Make Arrests For Drug Trafficking
Seventeen of those temporarily detained were found to be illegally in the country and are suspected of people smuggling and other illegal activities, SIPA said. (illustrative photo)