1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152 
Stowaways discovered at Shardlow Services
Page 9
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
By Chris Tindal.
TEN ILLEGAL immigrants were discovered in the back of two lorries at Shardlow Services on the A50 last week.
The discovery by UK Border Agency officers comes just a week after 39 stowaways were found in the back of two container lorries, pictured below, in Norfolk ('German haulier 'unaware' of human cargo'. CM 22 January).
Recently,. the agency ran a pilot operation sending a mobile detention van across the Midlands and East England, which led to the discovery of 18 illegal immigrants,14 at Corley services alone.
It also resulted in: • Four lorries being detained and £5,000 recovered in unpaid civil penalties • Three lorries being impounded • A Lithuanian lorry driver being arrested for drink driving • Two illegal immigrants discovered in lorries at South Mimms services In the most recent case, the UK Border Agency says most of the eight adults and two minors were from Afghanistan.
A spokesman adds: "We are determined to crack down on people who try to smuggle themselves into the UK in lorries. We are committed to responding to every police request where they arrest people who have been smuggled into the UK in lorries."