ISTANBUL - Police captured 48 people of Pakistani, Indian and Bangladeshi origin in Gaziosmanpasa district of Istanbul on Monday on charges of entering Turkey illegally.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house in Gaziosmanpasa, capturing 48 migrants and a Pakistani citizen who had helped those people enter Turkey illegally.
Police said the Pakistani citizen was sent to prison while those 48 migrants would be deported.
(MS) 02.08.2004