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| Egyptian police arrest 18 Eritreans for planning to sneak into Israel |
| 2007-10-20 |
| Egyptian police arrested a group of 18 Eritreans traveling on tourist bus through the Sinai desert Friday on suspicions they were intending to illegally cross into Israel, a Sinai security official said. The Eritreans, among them a woman, were arrested after crossing the Suez Canal by ferry into the Sinai on a tourist bus, the official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press. During questioning, the Africans admitted that they have paid US$300 (€210) for a middle man to take them to Sinai as tourists, where they were to meet a smuggler to help them cross the borders illegally, he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |