Driver is arrested on A45 after 14 men were found in lorry

  • Police called to Mangrove Service Station on the A45 in Rugby, Warwickshire
  • Officers found 14 men in the back of the foreign lorry, with four hospitalised
  • Warwickshire Police said the remaining men have been taken into custody 
  • An investigation has been launched by the force with the Border Agency  

A HGV driver has been arrested on suspicion of people trafficking after police found 14 suspected illegal immigrants in the back of his lorry.

Police were called to Mangrove Service Station on the A45 in Rugby, Warwickshire, at 2pm today.

Officers found 14 men in the back of the foreign lorry, a number of whom needed medical attention, with four of them being taken to hospital.

Warwickshire Police raid the lorry, where they found 14 men inside. Some needed hospital treatment

Warwickshire Police dealing with an incident where 14 men were found in the back of a lorry at Mangrove services on the A45 near to Rugby

Warwickshire Police dealing with an incident where 14 men were found in the back of a lorry at Mangrove services on the A45 near to Rugby

A HGV driver has been arrested on suspicion of people trafficking after police found 14 suspected illegal immigrants in the back of his lorry

A HGV driver has been arrested on suspicion of people trafficking after police found 14 suspected illegal immigrants in the back of his lorry

Officers found 14 men in the back of the foreign lorry, a number of whom needed medical attention, with four of them being taken to hospital

Officers found 14 men in the back of the foreign lorry, a number of whom needed medical attention, with four of them being taken to hospital

Warwickshire Police said the remaining men have been taken into custody and The Border Agency has been informed

Warwickshire Police said the remaining men have been taken into custody and The Border Agency has been informed

Warwickshire Police said the remaining men have been taken into custody and The Border Agency has been informed.

A force spokesperson said: ‘At 2pm today officers were called to Mangrove Service Station on the A45 London Road in Rugby where they found 14 men in the back of an overseas lorry.

‘A number of the men required medical attention. Four of them were taken to hospital, their condition is not thought to be life threatening.

‘The remaining men have been taken to custody. The Border Agency has been informed.

‘The driver of the lorry has been arrested on suspicion of people trafficking. The A45 is closed Westbound between the M45 and the A4071.’

Anyone with any information that could help police with their enquiries is asked to call 101 and quote incident 221 of 24 August 2017. 

A force spokesperson said: 'At 2pm today officers were called to Mangrove Service Station on the A45 London Road in Rugby where they found 14 men in the back of an overseas lorry'

A force spokesperson said: ‘At 2pm today officers were called to Mangrove Service Station on the A45 London Road in Rugby where they found 14 men in the back of an overseas lorry’

Officers found 14 men in the back of the foreign lorry, a number of whom needed medical attention

Officers found 14 men in the back of the foreign lorry, a number of whom needed medical attention

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