Operatives of the Libyan Police have arrested a driver in the Bishr area of Libya for attempting to smuggle six undocumented Nigerian women.

Migrant Rescue Watch, an organisation that monitors migrant activities, made this known in a post on its official X handle on Wednesday.

According to the post, the driver who was arrested when the operatives were on a routine police patrol, claimed that the women were his family members in an effort to evade arrest.

But authorities saw through the ruse and took both the driver and the six women into custody.

The statement said, “Libya 05.08.24 – Police patrols arrested in the Bishr area of a Libyan driver for an attempted smuggling of 6 undocumented female #migrants of Nigerian nationality.

“The driver claimed that the female passengers were his family. All transferred to the Bishr Police Dept. for legal action.”