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Suspected migrants found in lorry in Laker Road near Rochester Airport

13:00, 11 April 2021

updated: 13:26, 11 April 2021

Five suspected migrants have been discovered in the back of a lorry near an airport.

Police and paramedics were called to Laker Road in Rochester after welfare concerns were raised at 5.30pm yesterday.

Suspected migrants were found in a lorry in Laker Road, Rochester. Picture: @KentSpecials via Twitter
Suspected migrants were found in a lorry in Laker Road, Rochester. Picture: @KentSpecials via Twitter

The five people were checked over at the scene near Rochester airport.

Officers handed them over to the Home Office immigration enforcement facility in Dover.

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