By Peter Allen for MailOnline
Published: 11:45 BST, 25 June 2019 | Updated: 16:21 BST, 25 June 2019
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A criminal network of Romanian lorry drivers made at least £3million smuggling illegal migrants into Britain, it emerged today.
The astonishing figure was released by French police who made 17 arrests while smashing the human trafficking ring.
It extended across Europe, and involved the drivers packing their lorries with a cargo of men, women and children.
'Migrants were hidden in the storage compartments of vehicles under the guise of being goods being moved by Romanian transport companies,' said a spokesman for Lille police.
French Gendarmes patrol the beaches at Tardinghen near the northern port city of Calais in April (file photo)
'The conditions were hugely dangerous, but this did
