A video captures the moment Greek Coast guard officers pursued Turkish human traffickers and fired warning shots as the criminals were transporting illegal immigrants to Kos.
The inflatable boat was spotted on Wednesday morning by a patrol boat of the Kalymnos port authority a few minutes after the disembarkation of illegal immigrants in the Skandari area of Kos, which was noticed by soldiers at an observation post. Although the port guards proceeded with light and sound signals, the slave trader did not heed the warnings, instead trying to speed away to escape towards the Turkish authorities.
As stated in the announcement of the Coast Guard “a pursuit followed, during which the vessel in question made dangerous maneuvers, resulting in warning shots being fired in a safe direction”.
“Subsequently, targeted shots were fired at the outboard engine of the above speedboat, which was immobilised, and its 32-year-old foreign operator was arrested as a trafficker,” added the statement of the Coast Guard.
Investigations followed in the wider area and finally, four illegal immigrants were identified, of which two were arrested as the other two were minors.
