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Bulgarian police find 86 illegal migrants in a truck near Sofia

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A truck with illegal migrants was intercepted by the police on the Trakia motorway at the entrance to Sofia on Sunday morning, the BNR’s reporter Nikolay Hristov informed. 86 foreigners without identity documents were found in the vehicle. The illegal migrants identified themselves as Afghans. The driver of the truck escaped and is currently being sought.




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