50 AFGHANI ILLEGAL ALIENS CAUGHT ON BOAT HEADED TO ITALY
Fifty illegal immigrants from Afghanistan were caught while on board a sailboat headed toward Salento, in Italy. The military police from Lecce’s local division, Taranto’s Aeronautics Body and from a division of Bari’s local police intercepted the vessel late last night. It was located some 9 miles off the coast of S.Maria di Leuca in southern Italy. Two Turkish nationals were arrested.