65 illegal immigrants detained in Bulgaria

Bulgarian border police detained 65 illegal immigrants traveling in a train coming from Turkey at the country's Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement.

The guards spotted those hidden into a car of a train carrying iron ore.

The people presented themselves as Syrian nationals, the ministry said, adding that the authorities found that the migrants entered the car by cutting its canvas covering. The investigation is ongoing, Xinhua reports.