The 12-year-old boy caught hiding inside a car dashboard
Immigration officials were left stunned after nabbing a 12-year-old
boy found curled up inside the dashboard of a car in a suspected
smuggling operation.
The schoolboy, believed to be from Guinea in West Africa, was
hiding in a foetal position in a pair of dirty shorts. The youngster was
stuffed into the tiny space between the engine and the passenger of the
BMW X5.
Officers found him after detecting his heartbeat using a special
machine. They then reached into the dashboard with their hands at a
checkpoint on the border between Morocco and Spain’s north African
enclave of Melilla.
The car was ripped apart to retrieve the child. The child was said
to have been disorientated and suffering breathing difficulties and
numbness in his limbs because of the position he had been forced to
adopt.
He was given medical assistance at the scene.
The driver of the Moroccan-plated vehicle stopped by police, a
65-year-old, was arrested and is expected to be remanded in custody
after appearing before an investigating judge in the next 24 hours.
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