Search Continues For Missing Illegal Immigrants Seen Jumping Out Of Lorry

Tuesday, 12 April 2016 10:10

Five men suspected of being illegal immigrants seen leaving a lorry by the side of the A168, near Boroughbridge have still not been found.

Police were called at 6.40pm on Thursday 7 April 2016 to reports of a group of people disembarking from a lorry on the A168 near the junction 48 turn off on the A1M near Boroughbridge.

Officers attended the scene and a have traced and located a number of the group.

The driver of the lorry, a 49-year-old man from Lithuania, has been arrested on suspicion of an immigration offence.

Three other men aged 20, 24 and 29, of no fixed address but believed to be from the Kurdish region of the Middle East have also been arrested on suspicion of illegally entering the UK. They remain in police custody.

A mother and three children, a young woman and a single mother with two children were taken to Harrogate Police Station and have since been transferred into the care of the local authority.

Officers still believe that there are missing people from the lorry and have received reports that around five men of Asian appearance were seen walking north on the A1. Despite extensive searches, including the assistance of the National Police Air Service, they remain outstanding.

The searches for the missing men are continuing today and to assist their enquiries, officers are appealing to members of the public in the Boroughbridge area and towns and villages along the A1 corridor to report any sightings of the men.

They are also appealing to members of the public to check their sheds and outbuildings for signs of occupation in case any of the missing men have taken shelter there.

If you have an immediate sighting of the men, please call the police on 999.

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