A human trafficker was detained near Stip, while he was transporting 13 migrants in his car.
The group of people from Bangladesh were crammed into an Opel Astra. The driver, identified as 26 year old A.A., was detained, as were the migrants he was transporting.

Macedonia was a key stretch of the Balkan migrant route, and after the route was officially closed in 2016, smaller groups of migrants continued to travel across, on their way from Greece to the richer European Union countries.