Madrid, Jun 11 (AP) Spanish police said Friday they have dismantled a major human-trafficking organization that smuggled Africans into Europe.

The gang is suspected of bringing around 1,000 people, including children and pregnant women, from sub-Saharan Africa to Spain. From there, they were distributed between France, Germany and Belgium, a police statement said.

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Each smuggled person had to pay the gang at least 500 euros (USD 566).

The ring was organized out of Spain's Catalonia region and run mostly by sub-Saharan Africans.

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The police operation, involving authorities from Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal, led to the arrest of 12 people. (AP) NSA 06122116 NNNNin opposition ZPM nominee B. Lalchhanzoa and Congress candidate Dr. Lallianchhunga. K. Vanlalvena, who is now the party national core committee member, had unsuccessfully contested the assembly bypolls to Aizawl North-III seat in November, 2015 and lost to Congress candidate Lal Thanzara. ZPM candidate B. Lalchhanzoa had made debut in the last assembly polls in November, 2018 and lost to MNF nominee Robert Romawia Royte by a margin of 1,492 votes. Debutant Dr. Lallianchhunga of Congress is the party spokesperson and media department chairman.

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