A woman of French nationality has been arrested in the port of Melilla when she tried to board her vehicle with her brother, a documented Moroccan, hiding in the trunk, specifically in the spare wheel well.
In a press release, the Melilla Civil Guard Command has reported that the woman was traveling in the vehicle with her husband, who has been charged as an investigated without being arrested, and with their two minor children.
The events occurred at the security control of the shipment of vehicles bound for Almería, when the civil guards of the Registration Team of the Fiscal Section of the Dock carried out a search of a French-registered car that was occupied by a couple and their two children. .
During the search, the agents detected anomalies inside the vehicle, specifically in the trunk area, for which it was subjected to a more exhaustive inspection, in which they located a male, older than age, who was in a fetal position and totally immobile due to the reduced space.
It was a documented man of Moroccan nationality who presented symptoms of numbness and joint pain, who recovered his normal state after the attention provided by the agents, without it being necessary to give him medical attention.
The driver of the vehicle, of legal age and of French nationality, told the service agents that she was the sister of the man she was carrying in the trunk, for which she has been brought before the courts as the alleged perpetrator of a crime against the rights of citizens. foreign.
