As of: February 20, 2024, 7:07 p.m
By: Anne Franziska Rossa
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The federal police are investigating an unknown person who dropped off five migrants at Walchensee.
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Kochel - An unknown smuggler dropped off five people at Walchensee.
The federal police are now investigating the driver.
According to the federal police, an unknown smuggler dropped off five people in the Walchensee area (B11) on Monday morning (February 19th).
Based on a tip from a witness, officers from the Mittenwald border police first encountered the group of five at the parking lot of the Herzogstandbahn.
The four men and the woman had previously asked in English for the police to be called.
A smuggler dropped her off and left her to fend for herself.
According to the police, those who were transported were soaked and hypothermic.
Therefore, a medical service was requested.
Initial care for the frozen people on site was sufficient and treatment in a hospital was not necessary.
The federal police are investigating the smuggler
The federal police took over the investigation against the driver who is said to have driven the five migrants across the German-Austrian border early in the morning.
The smuggled people explained that they had traveled about two kilometers on foot.
The police inform that the smuggler, who was unknown to them, had previously asked them to leave the car with a Slovenian license plate.
They didn't have any identification papers with them.
According to their own statements, the five are an 18-year-old Iraqi woman and four Syrians between the ages of 21 and 24.
They said that they were smuggled in stages via Turkey and Slovenia to Germany.
The smuggling organization demanded several thousand US dollars per person, according to the police report.
The smuggled people were taken to a contact point for refugees
The five migrants were taken to the federal police station in Rosenheim, the police said.
From there they went to a contact center for refugees.