"Officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) stopped the lorry as it was approaching the Dover ferry port and found the men hidden inside as part of a sting operation. Police had been tracking a suspected organised crime group involved in smuggling migrants out of the UK and said immigration crime was threatening the border security of both the UK and France."
"The majority of the Bangladeshi men - 22 out of 23 - were in the UK legally and were released after being discovered, the NCA said on Wednesday. One was arrested by immigration enforcement, the police said. A 43-year-old man, suspected to be the ringleader of the crime network, was arrested in New Cross, London, and 30,000 was also seized as part of the investigation."
"Organised crime groups involved in people smuggling risk the safety of those they transport, and also threaten the border security of both the UK and France. Tackling organised immigration crime remains a top priority for the NCA, and this investigation is one of around 100 ongoing investigations into networks or individuals in the top tier of this type of criminality."
Twenty-three Bangladeshi nationals were discovered hidden inside a lorry approaching Dover ferry port as part of a sting operation. Officers from the National Crime Agency stopped the vehicle after tracking a suspected organised crime group involved in migrant smuggling. Twenty-two of the men were in the UK legally and were released; one was arrested by immigration enforcement. Five people have been charged with conspiring to facilitate illegal migration, including a suspected ringleader arrested in New Cross and a 32-year-old Romanian lorry driver. Investigators seized 30,000. The NCA warned that people smuggling endangers migrants and threatens UK and French border security.
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