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Five migrants from Syria arrested in Perama, northwest Greece

Five migrants from Syria arrested in Perama, northwest Greece

Five migrants from Syria, among them a minor, were arrested after their car veered off course and fell in an irrigation ditch during a police car chase in the region of Perama, near the borders with Albania in northwest Greece, it was announced on Wednesday.

The passengers of the car suffered minor injuries and were taken to a hospital for precautionary reasons.

Police pursued the car when its driver, an Albanian national who was also arrested, ignored signs to stop his car at the side of the road for a routine check.