Four illegal immigrants caught sneaking into Britain inside 32ft fake Christmas tree .

Four illegal immigrants sneaked into the country hidden in a 32ft artificial Christmas tree, it was claimed.
They were discovered inside a lorry at a council depot in Northampton.The aluminium and nylon tree - and two other smaller ones - were destined for the town centre's Christmas display.But staff at the depot opened the vehicle to discover the men, and immediately dialled 999.
A
spokesman for Northamptonshire Police confirmed that four men - two
from Iraq, two from Iran - were arrested and are being questioned by
officers from the UK Border Agency.A spokesman for the agency
told the Northampton Chronicle: 'Following their arrest after being
found in a lorry, four suspected illegal immigrants were apprehended
and transferred to our specialist teams of officers.'The French driver of the lorry is not thought to have been aware that the men boarded the vehicle.But
Northampton Borough Council denied that the lorry was carrying
Christmas decorations, claiming the vehicle was at the depot to pick up
paper for recycling.
In a separate incident, UK Border
Agency officials caught a group of Iraqi illegal immigrants trying to
enter Britain by hiding in a lorry full of ham.The five men were found in Calais in a Polish-registered truck headed for Haverhill, Suffolk, as it boarded a ferry to Dover.
The men were handed over to the French authorities.



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