Evros River

Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke during a wide-ranging event in the northern Evros border city of Orestiada

The incident isn't the first time that smugglers have used the same method to avoid roadblocks, often times with fatal results, including the death of unsuspecting motorists

Police said shots fired from Turkish side after a patrol blocked migrant smugglers ferrying migrants; border guard out of danger