The Latest: Turkish police detain 8 suspected smugglers

A woman leave her tent, as migrants and refugees wait allowance to continue their trip to southern Macedonia, near the northern Greek village of Idomeni, on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016. Police in northern Greece late Tuesday said 5,000 refugees and migrants were gathered at or near the border with Macedonia, where authorities continued to provide limited access at a frontier barrier built in November.(AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos) A woman leave her tent, as migrants and refugees wait allowance to continue their trip to southern Macedonia, near the northern Greek village of Idomeni, on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016. Police in northern Greece late Tuesday said 5,000 refugees and migrants were gathered at or near the border with Macedonia, where authorities continued to provide limited access at a frontier barrier built in November.(AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

By Associated Press February 3, 2016 2 min read

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) – The Latest on migrants seeking sanctuary in Europe (all times local):

2:30 p.m.

Police in Istanbul say they have detained eight suspects in simultaneous raids targeting human smugglers and seized fake passports and other materials.

A police statement on Wednesday said the suspects were taken into custody following a series of raids at 14 homes across the city.

Police anti-smuggling units also say they seized more than 1,000 fake or stolen passports and other documents apparently used to smuggle migrants to European countries. Materials to produce fake passports were also seized. The state-run Anadolu Agency says the suspects include two Syrians.