Agence France-Presse
Komotini, September 11

Greek border guards found dozens of would-be immigrants, most of them from Asia, hidden between mattresses in a truck that had crossed the border from Turkey, said police on Saturday.
Border guards seized the truck on the main road between Alexandroupolis at Dhidhimotikhon, five kilometres (three miles) from the border and found 54 people inside.

The migrants came mainly from Asian countries — India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan — and had previously crossed the Evros river, a traditional crossing point for illegal immigrants trying to reach the European Union.

The driver of the truck, who was on his way from Istanbul to the Greek capital Athens, had charged his illegal passengers 326 euros (400 dollars) each for the journey, police said.