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| Immigrants 'bound for UK in bins' | |
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| A group of suspected illegal immigrants have been found trying to enter the UK hidden in wheelie bins. | |
| A sniffer dog used by the UK Border Agency found the ten men hidden inside bins on a lorry in the French port of Calais on Friday. | A sniffer dog used by the UK Border Agency found the ten men hidden inside bins on a lorry in the French port of Calais on Friday. |
| The nine Eritreans and an Afghan were found on a Bulgarian-registered lorry bound for Calderdale, West Yorkshire. | The nine Eritreans and an Afghan were found on a Bulgarian-registered lorry bound for Calderdale, West Yorkshire. |
| Lois, an 18-month-old male springer spaniel, found the men before the lorry could board a cross-Channel ferry. | Lois, an 18-month-old male springer spaniel, found the men before the lorry could board a cross-Channel ferry. |
| A UK Border Agency spokesman said: "We have hundreds of UK Border Agency officers based at ports in France and Belgium, working to stop illegal immigrants before they get to the UK. | A UK Border Agency spokesman said: "We have hundreds of UK Border Agency officers based at ports in France and Belgium, working to stop illegal immigrants before they get to the UK. |
| "In addition to searches with body detection dogs such as Lois, we also use carbon dioxide detectors and heart beat detectors to find well hidden stowaways." | "In addition to searches with body detection dogs such as Lois, we also use carbon dioxide detectors and heart beat detectors to find well hidden stowaways." |
| The men were then handed over to French authorities. |