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Daily Mail
7 days ago
- Daily Mail
Lorry driver, 37, who was set to pocket €25,000 for smuggling a woman and six-year-old child into the UK is jailed
A 37-year-old lorry driver, who was set to pocket €25,000 for smuggling a six-year-old girl into the UK, has been jailed. Polish national Dawid Flis, 37, was arrested by the National Crime Agency after arriving into the Port of Killingholme in North Lincolnshire in his HGV on March 23. He had travelled from the Hook of Holland, a village in the Netherlands, with an Albanian woman and a child hidden in the bunk area of the driver's cab. After the lorry was searched by Border Force, the two were found, with the woman later telling investigators she had agreed to pay Flis €25,000 to be brought to the UK. She revealed they had arranged to meet at the roadside in Holland, where he had let them both into the cab. The woman had already paid €12,500 to date On June 20, Flis pleaded guilty to facilitating illegal immigration at Grimsby Crown Court. Today, he was sentenced at the same court to four years in prison, and will be deported after his time behind bars. NCA Branch Commander Sara Moore said: 'Dawid Flis abused his position as a lorry driver to attempt to smuggle a woman and child into the UK. 'Tackling organised immigration crime is a priority for the NCA and we will continue in our pursuit of individuals who are involved in this criminality at every step of the chain.' One man arrested as part of the same incident has been extradited to Italy, while a second remains on bail.
BBC News
7 days ago
- BBC News
Man jailed for smuggling woman and child into UK in a lorry
A man who smuggled a woman and her six-year-old child into the UK in a lorry has been national Dawid Flis was arrested by the National Crime Agency (NCA) on 23 March after he arrived from the Hook of Holland into the Port of Killingholme in North woman told investigators she had agreed to pay €25,000 (£21,630) for the journey, of which she had already paid €12,500 (£10,810).Fils, 37, was jailed for four years at Grimsby Crown Court earlier and will be deported after serving his sentence. Border Force offers, who were working with the NCA, found the woman and child, both Albanian nationals, in the bunk area of the driver's pleaded guilty to facilitating illegal immigration when he appeared at the same court on 20 branch commander Sara Moore said: "Dawid Flis abused his position as a lorry driver to attempt to smuggle a woman and child into the UK."Tackling organised immigration crime is a priority for the NCA and we will continue in our pursuit of individuals who are involved in this criminality at every step of the chain."Another man arrested as part of the same incident had been extradited to Italy. A second is still on bail. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices
