The fleeing driver of a truck with 33 migrants on board, who had been intercepted by the gendarmes on December 30 in the Hautes-Alpes, was arrested, AFP learned Tuesday evening January 10 from the prosecution.
Of Pakistani origin and aged 22, he was arrested last Friday in the Paris region, the public prosecutor of Gap, Florent Crouhy, told AFP, confirming information from BFM d'Ici.
The latter "
hid in the back of the truck with the other migrants at the time of the intervention of the gendarmes
", the afternoon of January 6 in the town of Avançon, before fleeing, a- he specified.
Wanted since his identification by the video surveillance of the Fréjus tunnel, the driver "
recognized the facts during his police custody
", according to the magistrate.
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Afghans and Indians
Among those arrested, “
adults, mainly Afghans, and a few Indians
”, “
possibly in an irregular situation
”, had then indicated to AFP the departmental prefecture, the day after the events.
"
Regarding a migrant who was used by an unidentified sponsor to drive the truck with the other migrants
", the driver was released pending his appearance before the Gap criminal court on 11 next May "
for the offenses of aiding entry and aiding the movement of foreigners in France
", according to the prosecutor.
