Four charged over inflatable boat migrant smuggling
Four people have been charged in connection with a foiled attempt to smuggle migrants into the UK.
Twelve migrants and two British men were previously detained on 30 October when Belgian police stoppedThey have been remanded in custody ahead of a hearing at Nottingham Crown Court on 29 March. The arrests were made as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a group suspected of organising a series of people smuggling runs to the UK from Europe, including a number of crossing events last year.
Investigators claim they used a boat to travel to Belgium to collect migrants, landing at Margate in Kent.
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