Officers from the Westkust Local Police Service detained 8 people smugglers and 7 transmigrants on Monday night. The people smugglers are members of various criminal gangs than were in several cars driving on the roads in Nieuwpoort, Koksijde and Oostduinkerke. Now the weather is improving warmer the police expect more transmigrants to attempt to cross the channel to the UK in small boats. The Westkust Local Police Service has requested reinforcements from the Federal Police Service.