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2019-10-23 Britain

British police find 39 dead in truck container, arrest driver

GRAYS, England (Reuters) - British police found the bodies of 39 people inside a truck believed to have come from Bulgaria at an industrial estate to the east of London on Wednesday, and said they had arrested the driver on suspicion of murder.

The discovery was made in the early hours after emergency services were alerted to people in the truck container, on a gritty industrial site in Grays, about 20 miles from central London.

The truck was thought to have entered Britain at Holyhead, a North Wales port that is a major entry point for traffic from Ireland, on Saturday and to have originally started its journey in Bulgaria, police said. The driver of the truck, a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland, was in custody.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was appalled.

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File under: Human Trafficking

#1 Daily Mail story.

Bulgaria is a major country of origin of victims of trafficking.

Posted by JohnQC 2019-10-23 09:39|| 2019-10-23 09:39|| Front Page Top

#2 If this happened here, it would be advertised as proof we need to open our borders to all comers.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-10-23 11:18|| 2019-10-23 11:18|| Front Page Top

#3 It will be used the same way over there. Unless they'll accuse the Russians of spilling Novichok in the truck.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-23 11:28|| 2019-10-23 11:28|| Front Page Top

#4 I blame Trump.

Posted by Lex 2019-10-23 11:30|| 2019-10-23 11:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was appalled.

"What ? Yes well, I'm appalled. Now sod off."

Posted by Dron66046 2019-10-23 11:38|| 2019-10-23 11:38|| Front Page Top

#6 If this happened here, it would be advertised as proof we need to open our borders to all comers.

Imagine all the money the cartels wouldn't make if we just legalized human trafficking. Time to admit the War on Human Trafficking is lost, and literally anything other than what we are doing would be an improvement.

Posted by swksvolFF 2019-10-23 11:48|| 2019-10-23 11:48|| Front Page Top

#7 ^ Snark o' the Day

Posted by Lex 2019-10-23 12:15|| 2019-10-23 12:15|| Front Page Top

#8 Someone needs to invent a sarcasm font.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-10-23 13:04|| 2019-10-23 13:04|| Front Page Top

#9 #6, Hat-trick grandslam 99 yard touchdown pass and run...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-10-23 13:24|| 2019-10-23 13:24|| Front Page Top

#10 Someone needs to invent a sarcasm font.

Comic sans MS:
This is sarcastic

Posted by Skidmark 2019-10-23 14:02|| 2019-10-23 14:02|| Front Page Top

#11 Look at the positive side:

They stack easier and never complain about the heat....(sarc for the lab-grwon brains that may be reading. and Herb)

Posted by USN, Ret. 2019-10-23 14:34|| 2019-10-23 14:34|| Front Page Top

#12 Grwon. Is that like Gwar?

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-10-23 15:58|| 2019-10-23 15:58|| Front Page Top

#13 Or Gowrahn...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-10-23 18:16|| 2019-10-23 18:16|| Front Page Top

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