A Lancashire man is among nine people arrested by the National Crime Agency for people smuggling
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has arrested nine people in the UK as it collaborated with international partners on INTERPOL's largest-ever operation targeting people smuggling and human trafficking.
Officers from the NCA's Joint International Crime Centre (JICC) National Extradition Unit made the arrests across Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and Kent.
An additional suspect was detained in Northern Ireland by the PSNI.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has arrested nine people in the UK as it collaborated with international partners on INTERPOL's largest-ever operation targeting people smuggling and human trafficking.
Officers from the NCA's Joint International Crime Centre (JICC) National Extradition Unit made the arrests across Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and Kent.
An additional suspect was detained in Northern Ireland by the PSNI.
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00:00Hello, I'm Digital Reporter Matthew for the Lancashire Post.
00:05A Preston man is among nine people arrested by the National Crime Agency for people smuggling and human trafficking.
00:13The National Crime Agency has arrested nine people across the UK as it collaborated with international partners on Interpol's largest ever operation targeting people smuggling and human trafficking.
00:25Officers from the NCA's Joint International Crime Centre made the arrests across Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and Kent.
00:34An additional suspect was detained in Northern Ireland.
00:37Interpol's National Central Bureau in Manchester, hosted and managed by the NCA, helped identify three suspects residing in the UK.
00:45Those arrested include a 35-year-old man from Preston, a 32-year-old man arrested in Greater Manchester, a 52-year-old man in Kent, a 27-year-old man in Wandsworth, London, a 43-year-old man arrested in Leeds, a 32-year-old man arrested in Nottingham, a 41-year-old man arrested in Newcastle, a 50-year-old man arrested in Northern Ireland and a 43-year-old man arrested in Northamptonshire.
01:07They were arrested by NCA officers for people smuggling offences after 27 people, including 21 children, were intercepted in Tunisia attempting to travel to the UK.
01:17A 32-year-old Syrian man arrested in Nottingham and wanted in Romania is accused of transporting the migrants from Bulgaria to Romania for onward travel to the Netherlands.
01:27The other seven are wanted for people smuggling, human trafficking or modern slavery offences in France, Germany, Belgium and Romania.
01:35Extradition proceedings for all nine suspects are ongoing.