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Swiss police find 23 migrants crammed into delivery van

GENEVA (AP) — Police in Switzerland say they have found 23 migrants packed into the back of a delivery van during a traffic check on a highway. The Italian-registered vehicle was stopped early Monday morning as it headed northward on the A2 highway at Buochs, near the central city of Lucerne. Police said that officers found the migrants crammed into the windowless cargo area of the van. They said they were standing and had been shut in the van for several hours without a break. The migrants were aged between 20 and 50 and were from Afghanistan, India, Syria and Bangladesh.

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