by A.P.
Migrants arrested last month after fishing boat was intercepted off East Anglia
Criminal charges against 69 Albanian migrants found hiding in a trawler heading for Britain were dropped yesterday after a legal bungle.
The migrants were arrested last month after the fishing boat was intercepted off the coast of East Anglia.
The operation on November 17 involved the National Crime Agency, police and Border Force officers.
But plans to prosecute them for illegal entry to the UK have now been abandoned because when arrested, they had not yet set foot on British soil – a key criteria under the law.