Thread: Police find 16 suspected illegal immigrants including a child in the lorry

Police find 16 suspected illegal immigrants including a child in the back of a lorry transporting boxes of shoes from Belgium at M1 services

The group of migrants were discovered in the back of a truck in Toddington

Paramedics assessed the 15 adults and one child who were taken away by police

The UK Border Agency is now investigating the group who arrived from Belgium

By Darren Boyle for MailOnline
PUBLISHED: 16:28 BST, 29 March 2018 | UPDATED: 17:34 BST, 29 March 2018

Police have found 16 suspected illegal immigrants in the back of a truck transporting shoes from Belgium.

The 15 adults and one child were discovered at Toddington services on the M1 in Bedfordshire this morning.

The migrants were in the back of an Irish-registered truck carrying Skechers shoes.


A group of 15 adults and one child were found in the back of a truck at an M1 service station


The group were believed to have travelled from Belgium in the back of this truck, pictured.


The migrants were assessed by paramedics before taken to police stations around Bedford

Bedfordshire Police confirmed the 15 adults and one child were found in the back of the truck which had recently arrived from Belgium.

The migrants were assessed by the East of England Ambulance Service before being taken to police stations across the country.

Bedfordshire Police said the group were now being investigated by the UK Border Agency.

MailOnline has contacted the Home Office for further comment.

Police find 16 suspected illegal immigrants including a child in the ...

BOOT 'EM BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN!!!