Coast Guard: The body of an unidentified man was found in Lesvos – A migrant smuggler was arrested in Rhodes

The resurrection of an unidentified man was found today, Wednesday 23 October, in Lesbos, which was in advanced decay.

As the Coast Guard issued a statement, the authorities of Mytilene were informed by a private citizen of the existence of the body of a man, unidentified, in advanced decomposition, on a rocky shore in the Mystegna sea area of Lesvos.

Immediately, a patrol boat of the L.S.-EL.AKT. and members of the security office of the Port Authority went to the spot, where they located and disengaged the body, with the assistance of a fishing boat and then transported it to the port of Mytilene.

The Central Port Authority of Mytilene, which is conducting the preliminary investigation, has ordered an autopsy at the North Aegean Forensic Service.

Arrest of a migrant smuggler in Rhodes

In addition, on the morning of Tuesday, October 22, a Coast Guard vessel on a scheduled patrol spotted a suspicious speedboat with foreigners on board, in the sea area of Rhodes.

A chase ensued during which the speedboat ran aground on the shore and the occupants fled.

The crew located the 40-year-old foreign trafficker, who was taken to the Port Authority of Rhodes, where he was arrested.

They were taken to the port of Rhodes and arrested.

They were taken to the port of Rhodes and arrested.
Investigations are continuing to locate the remaining foreigners by members of the Port Authority and the Migration Management Department (IMD) of Rhodes. The Central Port Authority of Rhodes, which is conducting the preliminary investigation, confiscated the T/C boat and a cartridge containing forty-eight nine-millimeter cartridges, which was found inside the speedboat.

Locating 36 migrants in Oinousses

In the early morning hours of today, Wednesday, the Port Authority was informed of the existence of a sufficient number of foreigners in a land area northeast of Oinousses.

Port Authority officials went to the spot, where they found thirty-six foreigners (23 men and 13 women), who were transported to the port of Oinousses.

The occupants were picked up by a Coast Guard rescue boat and safely transported to the port of Chios.

Afterward, officers of the Chios/TDM Police Directorate transferred them to the Registration and Identification Center of the KEDN of Chios. A preliminary investigation is carried out by the Port Station of Oinousses.

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