A man has appeared in court charged with people smuggling offences as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into a network suspected of moving migrants out of the UK.
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Muhamed Alievski, aged 28, from Macedonia was arrested by NCA officers at Javelin Way, Ashford, Kent on the morning of Saturday 5 August.
With him at the time was a 22-year-old Albanian national wanted for breaching a court order imposed after his conviction for drug offences. He was also arrested and taken into custody.
After being questioned Alievski was charged with participating in the activities of a people smuggling organised crime group.