Stowaways arrested in yacht on back of lorry
- Wed, 25 Aug 2010
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A lorry driver is being held on suspicion of aiding illegal immigrants after a sniffer dog in Calais detected four men attempting to stowaway in a yacht being carried on the lorry.
The four Vietnamese men were hiding in a yacht being transported by a Southampton-bound German-registered HGV; they were blocked at Calais.
A civil penalty of £2,000 per clandestine could now be handed to the trucker and his company, if its proved they did not take adequate steps to secure the load.
Photo c/o: www.roadtransport.com
Davey,
August 28 23:41
These I-Is are very crafty. You can't really blame the driver. It looks like yet another way of using motorists as a cash-cow.