MUGLA/AKSARAY/EDIRNE - Turkish gendarmerie and border patrol teams arrested a total of 61 illegal migrants in separate operations on Wednesday.
In simultaneous operations in Istanbul and Aegean provinces Mugla, Izmir, Aydin, gendarmerie teams apprehended 8 human traffickers and 12 illegal migrants who paid 7,000 USD each for guidance to cross into Greece illegally.
In separate operations, gendarmerie squads intercepted 24 illegal migrants on a truck in central province of Aksaray, and 25 migrants in northwestern province of Edirne.
Police said all illegal migrants would be deported.
(TÇ-EÖ)