BiH, Croatia joint patrol thwarts migrant smuggling attempt


SARAJEVO, May 5 (Xinhua) -- A joint patrol by border police of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Croatia has prevented an attempt to smuggle 12 migrants across the border, authorities said on Tuesday.

Authorities said the incident occurred on Monday in BiH's southwestern area of Grude, and the migrants were of Afro-Asian origin, including nine citizens of Türkiye, and three people who had no identification documents and said they were from Pakistan and Syria.

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