Six arrested in Yorkshire immigration crime crackdown
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 12:20 · Archive
Police searched 645 vehicles across Yorkshire during a two-week operation targeting organised immigration crime.
West Yorkshire Police conducted a two-week crackdown on organised immigration crime from 21 September to 5 October. The operation, led by the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit, searched 645 vehicles across the Yorkshire motorway network and regional ports as part of a wider national effort targeting criminal groups involved in illegal entry to the UK.
Police spoke to 412 people during the operation, arrested six in connection with organised immigration, fraud and other offences. Officers seized ten cars and sixteen e-bikes to protect road networks and tackle illegal working. Sixty-two traffic offences resulted in fines totalling £8,550.
The operation generated 63 intelligence reports, with 53 relating directly to organised immigration threats. Detective Chief Inspector Jim Horsfield of YHROCU said the intelligence gathered 'will feed into further investigations and activity' and would help establish how those using small boats subsequently use the UK's road and rail network, including 'other possible clandestine methods of entry through ports and the onward use of road and rail'. He stated that disrupting organised criminal use of transport networks protects vulnerable people and makes it harder for organised crime groups to operate.
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- Six arrests in multi-agency immigration crime crackdown across YorkshireMore than 600 vehicles have been searched across the Yorkshire motorway network and regional ports during a two-week crackdown on organised immigration crime.Gazette & Herald (Malton) · 22 Oct, 11:50
- Six arrests in multi-agency immigration crime crackdown across YorkshireMore than 600 vehicles have been searched across the Yorkshire motorway network and regional ports during a two-week crackdown on organised immigration crime.York Press · 22 Oct, 11:29
In this story: West Yorkshire Police · Yorkshire and Humber Regional Organised Crime Unit · Yorkshire · Jim Horsfield
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