Four illegal immigrants arrested near Ashington

Police arrested a group of illegal immigrants who were seem jumping from the back of a lorry near a garden centre near Ashington.

The lorry had just arrived at the Old Barn Nursery on the A24 at Dial Post at 11.10am on Tuesday, April 6, after travelling from Portsmouth.

The lorry had come over on the ferry from Cherbourg the night before.

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With the help of the Sussex Police helicopter, and an extensive search of the area, the four illegal immigrants were arrested nearby and handed over to the UK Border Agency.

There is no further police involvement.

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