Dutch smuggler stuck in Belgium

A Dutch citizen of Syrian origin, was sentenced Wednesday by a court in Bruges because of smuggling to imprisonment for three years, half of probation.

On October 7, 2015 Zeebrugge J. tried to buy a ticket for the guy to buy for the ferry to Hull. His behavior aroused suspicion, and soon found that the Syrian possession of a false Greek passport.

According to J., who lives in Brussels, he knew the Syrians through a mutual friend. As a 'friend' he picked him in Germany and drove to Zeebrugge. He said he was just before some money for petrol.