Boat, motor, jerry cans, life jackets… On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, the police officers of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais motorway CRS arrested a man suspected of being a migrant smuggler, learns 20 minutes source close to the case. Around 1:35 a.m., officials checked this 25-year-old Bulgarian while he was parked at the Saint-Laurent rest area, near Steenvoorde (North), on the A25.
In the back of the van, registered in Germany, they found nautical equipment used by smugglers to cross the Channel. The suspect was taken into custody by an OPJ from the Coquelles border police. An investigation has been opened.