Belgium arrests ‘migrant traffickers’ with speedboats que: six passeurs présumés interpellés à Ostende avec des bateaux gonflables

Belgian authorities have arrested six suspected traffickers equipped with inflatable boats to take migrants to Britain, prosecutors said Tuesday.

The accused — two Iraqis, two Iranians, a Pakistani and an Afghan — were picked up in the resort of Ostend last week after attempting to flee police investigating a suspicious gathering.

Three land vehicles, two boats, two outboard motors, a fuel container and tools were also seized, a Bruges prosecutor said.

Frank Demeester said the six were being held on suspicion on human trafficking and that they were presumed to have been trying to reach the British coast.