Bangladeshi teenage migrant hidden in Swiss truck trailer

A lorry in Switzerland. This photo is taken from The Local.
A lorry in Switzerland. This photo is taken from The Local.

A Bangladeshi national was found hidden among cargo in the trailer of a truck in an industrial park in the town of Buchs, reports The Local, a Switzerland-based online news portal.

The 16-year-old boy had travelled from Serbia to Switzerland hidden among goods in the trailer, according to information from St Gallen police.

The teenager was discovered as the lorry was about to be unloaded in an industrial park in the northeastern Swiss canton of St Gallen.

He had secretly entered the trailer through the tarpaulin cover in Serbia. Police did not give details about why the adolescent had undertaken the perilous journey. The boy was handed over to asylum authorities.

The truck had already been given a customs seal in Turkey, but there is no suggestion the driver or the company were complicit in people smuggling.