Europol announced! Operations against criminal organizations: 382 arrests

In a written statement issued by Europol, it was stated that 16,000 personnel participated in the operations carried out with the support of the security forces of 28 EU member states with the support of Eurojust, Frontex and INTERPOL.

It was reported that 159 of 382 people were detained for migrant smuggling, 112 for illegal drug trafficking, 38 for arms smuggling, 2 for human trafficking, and 71 for other crimes.

32 thousand 665 within the framework of operations car and 998 places were searched, 75,000 people were checked, about 2 tons of drugs, 5,402 roots of marijuana plants and a large number of firearms were confiscated.

Europol said that 130 new investigations were opened as a result of these operations. (AA)

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