Tuesday 7 June 2022 06:07 PM Nottingham court: People-smugglers who used PAPRIKA to fool sniffer dogs are ... trends now
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Paprika was used by people-smugglers to confuse sniffer dogs at Border security so they could bring Iraqi stowaways into the UK.
Akan Brayan and Dylan Shwani recruited drivers to bring 31 illegal migrants including children as young as one and a pregnant woman into the UK.
The two 'evil' men kept the Iraqi stowaways in 'tiny, air-tight space' as they transported them in a van alongside stacks of tyres, second-hand furniture and household goods.
Covering up the mostly male migrants was boxes of goods while paprika was found on the floor of one of the vans to confuse sniffer dogs from detecting the migrants' scents.
The people smugglers, both 37, were found guilty of assisting unlawful immigration into the UK by a non-UK national.
Photos show in one of the vans a woman cradling a small child, with other children sat around her in the tightly enclosed space
