FIFTEEN people have been arrested after a group of suspected illegal immigrants were discovered exiting a lorry in Basingstoke.
Police were called to Houndmills Road at around 11am on Monday, December 8, after reports that several people had jumped from the back of a lorry.
Nine men and five women, aged between 18 and 34, were detained at the scene on suspicion of immigration offences. They are now being dealt with by Immigration Enforcement.
READ MORE
- Two women banned from Festival Place after stealing £400 worth of clothes
- Serial thief jailed and banned from wearing wigs in shops
- Man who assaulted and repeatedly harassed woman is spared jail
- Father offers £10k reward to find answers after crash leaves son in coma
- Police authorise dispersal order over anti-social behaviour
The lorry driver, a 48-year-old man, was also arrested on suspicion of facilitating a breach of UK immigration law. He has been released on bail while enquiries continue.
A spokesperson for Hampshire Constabulary said: "We were called at around 11am on Monday, December 8, to a report that a number of people had exited a lorry in Houndmills Road, Basingstoke.
"Officers attended. Nine men and five women, aged between 18 and 34, were arrested on suspicion of immigration offences.
"The driver of the lorry, a 48-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of doing an act to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law by a non-UK national. He has been bailed to allow for further enquiries to be carried out.
"The 14 men and women are now being dealt with by Immigration Enforcement."
Share