UK police swoop to detain 17 suspected illegal immigrants hidden in back of lorry
POLICE officers in Cambridgeshire have detained 17 suspected immigrants hidden in the back of a lorry travelling north on the A14.
The migrants (not pictured) were detained yesterday afternoon, police said
Cambridgeshire Constabulary received reports yesterday afternoon that a number of migrants could be seen riding in the back of the vehicle.
The lorry was forced to pull over at the Alconbury services, where 14 adults and three children were found hiding in the lorry's storage container.
The group, believed to have entered the country illegally, have been taken to Thorpe Wood police station to be questioned.
The location of the vehicle's driver is unknown.