Three suspected human traffickers arrested

(ANSA) - Rome, July 1 - Italian police arrested three suspected human traffickers on Wednesday, two in the Sardinian capital city of Cagliari and another in Sicily's capital Palermo.
    In Cagliari, police took a 24-year-old from Tunisia, Lahmar Ali, into custody, together with a 17-year-old from Senegal. The men allegedly piloted two boats carrying a total of 448 migrants who were rescued by Spanish military ships off the coast of Libya on Tuesday.
    Meanwhile in Palermo, police arrested 24-year-old Bairam Ltayef, also from Tunisia, suspected of captaining a boat that departed from Libya carrying 647 immigrants who were rescued Tuesday by an Irish ship in the Strait of Sicily.