Five illegal immigrants found in lorry in Thrapston
Five illegal immigrants from Iraq and Iran have been detained after they were discovered in the back of a lorry in Thrapston.
Five people of Iraqi and Iranian descent were arrested by police for entering the UK illegally and passed to immigration enforcement officers.
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Hide AdThree men have been detained while their cases are progressed, and two apparent minors were passed to social services to be age-assessed.
A Home Office spokesman said: “Where someone is found to have no right to remain in the UK, we will take action to remove them.”