Migrant found stuffed in a suitcase on a train bound for Switzerland

A six-foot Eritrean illegal migrant was found crammed into a tiny suitcase after Swiss authorities heard him moan in pain.

Shocked passengers aboard a train bound from Milan to Switzerland alerted officials when the suitcase disguised as the migrant's friend's luggage began to move.

Guards swooped on the bag and watched as the man reached his arm and head out of the case.

After a brief struggle to undo the zip the man eventually freed himself and was immediately arrested in Chiasso.

Swiss police told the Sun they located the owner of the suitcase hiding in a bathroom.

"We received a call from Italian colleagues that two Eritreans were attempting to get into the country and travel northwards across Europe to Britain," a police spokespersons said.

"The information was that one man was hidden in a suitcase and another man was travelling with him. The suitcase was pointed out to us and the man found inside. He was in his 20s and we found his friend hiding in a toilet on the train."

Both men who were travelling without documentation were transported back to Italy.