Four Albanian migrants were caught taped inside large cardboard boxes in the back of a van after they paid 700 Euros each to be smuggled into the UK.
The men were traveling from Frankfurt to Derby, in Calais before it crossed the Channel to the UK when Border guards stopped their van.
According to Daily Mail, the men had paid more than 700 Euros each to a people-smuggling gang, one of whom has now been jailed.
Vladmir Tollumi, 39, was identified as one of four people trafficking illegal immigrants into Britain. The three others have not been traced.
Tollumi who was arrested in May now faces being deported after his release from the 40-month prison sentence he was given last week.
Prosecutor Sarah Slater told Derby Crown Court that the smuggling operation was cracked on May 22, 2017.
She said: ‘At around 5am on the French side of the border a van travelling from Frankfurt was stopped by border control officials.
‘The driver was asked to open the back of it and inside were…
Source: Linda Ikeji
