It is assumed that a truck from Bulgaria entered the UK on Saturday. The driver is detained.
In the UK, police found 39 bodies in a truck trailer in Essex. This was reported on Wednesday, October 23, by The Daily Telegraph.
According to her, the 25-year-old truck driver from Northern Ireland was detained.
It is believed the truck was registered in Bulgaria and entered the UK on Saturday in Holyhead – more than 300 miles from where the bodies were found in Thurrock.
Holyhead is the second busiest ferry port in the UK after Dover and serves as the main route from Ireland to mainland Britain.
“We arrested a truck driver in connection with the incident, which remains in police custody as our investigations continue”, – said Chief Superintendent Andrew Mariner.
As noted, among the dead 38 adults and one teenager.
Recall that in August 2015 the bodies of 30 refugees were found in a truck in Austria.