Boats bound for people smugglers that can carry up to 1,700 illegal immigrants across the Channel are seized at UK airport

Daily Mail - Oct 6, 2026

The nine metre long vessels were intercepted at East Midlands Airport after intelligence officers identified them hidden in pallets aboard an air freight shipment.

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Boats bound for people smugglers that can carry up to 1,700 illegal immigrants across the Channel are seized at UK airport

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