Police in Greece held 26 migrants including Bangladeshis in the northern city of Thessaloniki. According to media reports, the migrants were being carried in a van and the driver has been arrested.

Among the migrants, 23 are from Pakistan and three from Bangladesh reports Kathimerini citing an international news agency.

Police say the driver was an Albanian who tried to escape on foot after officers stopped the van early Sunday (Sept 1) but were caught.

Authorities say police then arrested a Greek man in charge of a warehouse where officers found 12 more Pakistanis being held while the traffickers asked for money.

Police say the 26 migrants in the van were being driven to the warehouse. Officials say the 26 paid 2,000 euros ($2,200) each to be taken by boat across the river dividing Turkey and Greece and then by road to Thessaloniki.