The police caught a people smuggler (62) in the Vienna district of Favoriten. At the scene was also a group of Syrians who filed asylum applications with the officers on the spot.
According to the report, the officers had checked a group of men in Vienna’s 10th district who had gathered around a car and thus obstructed traffic. During the check, the driver (62) claimed that he was a taxi driver and did not know the men. They were Syrians, who then applied for asylum directly to the police officers.
The alleged taxi driver got entangled in contradictions, which is why the suspicion of smuggling was reinforced against him. He also had 4200 euros in cash on him. He was temporarily arrested.
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