Security inspectors foiled an attempt to smuggle 68 Palestinians into Israel inside a garbage truck in northern Samaria, the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Crossing Points Authority said on Monday night.

The CPA said its personnel stopped the truck at the Shomron Crossing after it arrived from the east, and discovered the Palestinians hiding in the vehicle’s refuse compartment.

“In a security inspection, 68 Palestinians, illegal residents, were discovered as they were trying to infiltrate into the center of the country,” according to the statement.