THE National Police confirmed that at least eleven Unaccompanied immigrant minors (UMAs) were intercepted in Melilla during what is called Operation Carnivalin which the agents realized that the fairmen are the new allies of the human trafficking mafias. And the fact is that, out of the eleven minerals located, three were hidden in the attractions while the others were find during checks carried out on vehicles from the exhibition centre entering the Port.
The objective of the Operation Carnival This involves carrying out exhaustive checks to prevent immigrants from boarding fair vehicles or even the attractions themselves to try to reach the peninsula irregularly.
Most of the minors were located between the gears of the attractions or hidden in the vehicles of the exhibition park. As recalled Lieutenant of the Civil Guard Francisco José NavasThese individuals are putting their lives in danger by hiding.
In the Operation Carnivalthe task of the agents of the Civil Guard It involves trying to locate these people, as well as intercepting certain prohibited substances to market or compare goods. “That’s our customs function,” Navas adds.
And the fairmen, once the Melilla Fairreturn this Tuesday to the peninsula on a boat leaving at 1:00 p.m. for destination. AlmeriaThe Civil Guard reminds us of the difficulty of this operation, given that there are large attractions that require more complex dismantling and, therefore, leave the exhibition center later than the others.
THE Operation Carnival It will only end on Wednesday, September 11. During these days and since the early hours of this Monday, the Prevention and Reaction Unit (UPR), the Citizen Assistance Group (GAC), the Border Operations Group (GOF), air resources, a helicopter and drones from the Higher Police Directorate of Melilla) and canine guides from Malaga are participating in the National Police system.
