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59-year-old arrested on suspicion of assisting illegal entry into the UK

Eight people have been detained by police after climbing out of the back of a lorry on a Northampton industrial estate.

Officers were called to Gowerton Road on Brackmills Industrial Estate at about 4.15pm on Thursday (February 15).

A police spokeswoman says one man aged 24 and seven women aged between 23 and 29 were detained and will be handed over to the immigration service.

A 59-year-old man, of no fixed address, has been arrested on suspicion of assisting illegal entry into the UK and remains in police custody.

Eight people detained after climbing out of the back of a lorry on a Northampton industrial estate