Essex Police said 25-year-old Mo Robinson from Portadown, Northern Ireland, was arrested after the bodies were found and is still being held.
LONDON — The 39 people found dead in the back of a truck in England were Chinese nationals, police said Thursday.
Essex Police said 25-year-old truck driver Mo Robinson from Portadown, Northern Ireland, was arrested after the bodies were found and is still being held by police.The truck and the trailer with the people inside apparently took separate circuitous journeys before ending up at the industrial park. Police originally said they believed the truck may be from Bulgaria. The country's foreign ministry confirmed the truck was registered in Bulgaria under a company owned by an Irish citizen.
"The local community is hoping that has been caught up innocently in this matter but that's in the hands of Essex Police, and we will leave it in their professional hands to try to catch the perpetrators of this," Berry said.
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