Security Forces Capture 12 Bangladeshis

VAN - Security forces intercepted 12 Bangladeshis who had entered Turkey illegally in Baskale town of eastern province of Van.
Sources said on Thursday that Gendarmerie teams patrolling around Ozpinar village in Baskale stopped a group of people walking near Sehitlik Tepe region. In their control, security forces revealed that those people are of Bangladeshi origin and entered Turkey illegally via Iran.
Officials said the Bangladeshis would be deported.
(MS-AÖ) 08.04.2004