Skopje, 7 November 2024 (MIA) - Police officers detained two individuals from the Skopje village of Krushopek and Veles for migrant smuggling near the Kumanovo village of Kosturnik late on Wednesday.

Earlier, the police spotted the two persons putting three women (from Nepal) in a vehicle but failed to stop at the officers' signals. They were later caught and detained, the Ministry of Interior said in a press release.

One of the persons has been identified as a fugitive from the Idrizovo penitentiary, where he was serving a six-year prison sentence for migrant smuggling.

The migrants have been transferred to the Tabanovce transit center.

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