Immigrants stow away in Army trucks

12 April 2012

A group of illegal immigrants have arrived in Britain after stowing away on Army vehicles.

The five men were discovered on Tuesday by soldiers at the Duke of Gloucester Barracks, in South Cerney, and are now being held in a detention centre, Gloucestershire police said.

They are believed to have climbed aboard the convoy returning from Kosovo at Calais.

The men included two Indians, aged 24 and 26, two Afghans aged 16 and 18, and a 15-year-old Iranian, police confirmed.

Officers used sniffer dogs to search for a number of the men within the army barracks.

The men smuggled themselves on board lorries driven by civilian contractors - not soldiers, police said.

A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Defence could only confirm five individuals had been detained at South Cerney and were arrested by police.

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