Preston man among nine people arrested by National Crime Agency for people smuggling and human trafficking

2024-11-06 1,350

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.