Suspected illegal immigrant arrested after lorry driver calls police from A419 lay-by

A suspected illegal immigrant has been arrested following a lorry driver’s call to the police.

At around 6.45pm on 1 February, officers were called to a lay-by on the A419 near Blunsdon following reports from an articulated lorry driver that someone was inside his vehicle.

On arrival, police found a 30-year-old man, believed to be from Eritrea, inside. He was subsequently arrested on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant.

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Wiltshire Police says that the matter has now been passed on to the UK Border Agency.

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