KOMOTINI (Greece), June 7: Police in northeastern Greece on Thursday arrested 42 illegal immigrants who had marched an estimated 140km inland to get a ride in a truck to Athens, said a police source in the city of Komotini.

The all-male group, aged 17 to 42, claiming to have come from India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq was found when the truck was stopped for a police inspection near Xanthi. Each of them were thought to have paid 1,000 euros to secure passage to Athens, said the police source.—AFP

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