Prague, 03 Sep (HS): Czech Republic Police arrested

30 people and seized a truck carrying them. The people in the truck are said to

be migrants who illegally entered the Czech territory. Their nationality was not

been established based on the documents in their possession. A woman among the people

arrested died during treatment.

According to the police, the truck was stopped on

motorway D8 near Veltrusy, around 8 pm (local time) on Monday, a news agency

has reported. The highway was closed to traffic for about 30 minutes after the

operation. Some of the migrants tried to flee but were located and arrested

with the help of a helicopter. Many of them, who were sick, have been taken to

a hospital for treatment.

According to Radio Prague, the highway on which

the migrants were detained, connected Bohemia with Germany.

Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar