The lorry at Brampton Hut
- Credit: Beds, Cambs and Herts Roads Policing Unit
Three men were rescued from inside a refrigerated lorry after they called police for help, saying they were struggling to breathe.
A hunt for the vehicle was launched and the lorry, believed to have travelled from France, was tracked by Essex police and Cambridgeshire police up the M11 to the A14 at Brampton Hut services just before 4.30pm on Wednesday (February 17).
East of England Ambulance Service attended, to check the welfare of the men before they were arrested by the Beds, Cambs and Herts Roads Policing Unit. They will now be handled by immigration services.
This is the sealed refrigerated lorry where three migrants were saved from suffocating after calling police to say they were struggling to breathe .
Cambridgeshire Police said the vehicle, believed to have travelled from France, was tracked along the A14 and the M11 with the help of Essex Police. Those in the back of the lorry called us for help saying they were suffocating and struggling to breathe, a Cambridgeshire Police spokesperson said. A hunt for the vehicle was launched and the lorry, believed to have travelled from France, was found at Brampton Hut services just before 4.30pm.
The three men were found to be safe and uninjured in the back of the truck, as police shared an image of a lorry being examined at a truck stop, and have been passed onto the immigration services.
Three men were rescued from suffocating inside a sealed refrigerated lorry tracked to Brampton Hut service near Huntingdon, Cambs, after they phoned police to say they were struggling to breathe.