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Monday, 4 October 2021

A man from Hounslow has been charged with being involved in a conspiracy to smuggle 17 people into the UK in a van

Romanian national Vasile Costache, aged 53, was arrested as he was about to board a flight to Bucharest from Luton.

It’s part of an investigation dating back to 2019, when a van was found to have people hidden in wooden compartments, including five children.

Four other people have been charged over the incident, with the trial provisionally listed for January 2023.