20 November 2009 Stowaways found in a lorry load of fabric softener
UK Border Agency officers based in Calais have foiled an attempt by eight stowaways to enter the UK by hiding in a lorry load of fabric softener heading for the North East.
19 November 2009 Nine arrests after Thurrock immigration operation
Six immigration offenders have been removed from the UK and three more will be following them after an illegal working operation in Thurrock, Essex.
A man who tried to sell his sister into a sham marriage was among four people who today admitted their part in a scam to help Chinese immigrants to stay in the United Kingdom illegally.
A Hertfordshire man has been charged with attempting to smuggle approximately seven kilos of cocaine, with an estimated street value of £280,000, into the United Kingdom through Heathrow Airport.
Two Ipswich takeaways are facing potentially heavy fines after the UK Border Agency caught them employing illegal workers.
Officers from the UK Border Agency and Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) swooped at 0600 on a house in Brierley Hill on Wednesday 11 November and arrested a Romanian man.
Three Chinese employees of the Golden Flower Chinese takeaway in Shotley Bridge, County Durham were arrested last week by officers from the UK Border Agency on suspicion of illegal working.
Tam's Cantonese Cuisine restaurant in Cross Hills was targeted in an intelligence-led illegal working operation on Thursday 12 November by UK Border Agency officers.
A Luton restaurant fined once already for employing illegal workers is facing the prospect of another substantial penalty.
UK Border Agency officers have arrested 23 illegal workers at a building in Ardwick following an operation as part of a nationwide crackdown on illegal working.
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