Newsletter Newsletters Events Events Podcasts Videos Africanews
Loader
Advertisement

[Watch] Shocking images of child hidden in suitcase at Spanish border crossing

[Watch] Shocking images of child hidden in suitcase at Spanish border crossing
Copyright 
By Seamus Kearney
Published on
Share this article Comments
Share this article Close Button

Two adults are accused of trying to smuggle a child into Spain inside a suitcase

ADVERTISEMENT

There is shock over the images of an eight-year-old child found hidden inside a suitcase by Spanish border guards.

The boy’s father and a woman are accused of trying to smuggle the child into Europe via a land border crossing in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in North Africa.

It is reported the adults had permits to reside in Spain, but the boy did not.

A Spanish court has reportedly ordered the detention of the man from the Ivory Coast.

Police say border guards stopped a 19-year-old Moroccan woman who looked nervous as she waited in line.

The child was discovered when the woman’s suitcase was put through a scanner.

Go to accessibility shortcuts
Share this article Comments

Read more

Storm forces Gaza aid flotilla back to Barcelona port

Flotilla departs Barcelona in bid to break Gaza blockade

Protesters accuse Castile and León of mishandling deadly wildfires