HUMAN TRAFFICKING: 8-YEAR OLD BOY FOUND IN A"SUITCASE" @ SPANISH BORDER

This is not another 007 James Bond’s movie! This is real, an 8-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast survived several hours locked in a suitcase, as his family tried to smuggle him into Spain. However, they didn't succeed as police officers discovered him in the suitcase via scan on Thursday May 7th in El Tarajal, Spain's border with Morocco. See more pictures after the cut...

"He was shocked when we opened the suitcase to see so many people looking at him," a Spanish police spokesman told CNN. He also said the boy is in good condition.

The police spokesman said police officers in El Tarajal became suspicious when a 21-year-old woman, a Moroccan National, showed signs of nervousness as she attempted to cross the border wheeling the suitcase down the street. Suspecting a drug smuggling case, “Our officers asked her if she needed help as the wheels began to give in," ….. police brought the suitc,ase in for an x-ray. That is when they found the boy. 

He was immediately taken to a state child custodian and awaits judicial process, the official said.

His father, identified as A.O., was arrested a few hours after the boy was found. The man, who has permanent residency in Spain, awaits formal charges.

The spokesman said this is the first time they have found this type of smuggling, in which a child was locked into a container. 

Source: CNN