Seventeen arrests after lorry stopped on M1

Seventeen people have been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences today after a lorry driver flagged down a traffic police car on the M1 after hearing noises in the back of the lorry.

Police escorted the lorry to Kempston custody where the men were arrested.

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An investigation is on-going.

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