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Waynesfield, OHIO -- Ten illegal immigrants were transported out of Auglaize County after a routine traffic stop Saturday night by officers with the Waynesfield Police Department.
Waynesfield Police Lt. Nathan Motter said he saw the van they were driving, which had no tail lights, go through town previously when he was off duty. When he stopped it at 10:40 p.m. Saturday in the 300 block of Wapakoneta Street he became suspicious when the driver of the vehicle and passenger handed him international identification from the same country that looked completely different. Five of the men were in the van that Motter stopped. A Honda Civic following, with another five men inside, also stopped.
After conversations with Immigration Custom Enforcement (ICE) officials out of Cleveland Motter said all 10 men were determined to be illegal aliens and were transported with the assistance of deputies from the Auglaize County Sheriff’s Office to the Auglaize County Jail, where they remained until Monday morning.
Holders were placed on them so they would not be released until immigration
officials could arrive, Motter said.