Two men have been sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison for their involvement in a human smuggling operation, which saw 39 individuals, including a six-year-old boy, discovered in the back of a refrigerated lorry at Dover docks, Kent.
Jamal Elkhadir, 47, from Morocco, and Houcine Argoub, 32, from Bromley, pleaded guilty to charges of assisting unlawful immigration, following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA).
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