BORDER FARCE Sixty-nine migrants caught hiding in trawler off UK let off charges as they were detained BEFORE setting foot in Britain Alahna Kindred Updated: 10 Dec 2020, 11:56 CRIMINAL charges against 69 migrants who were caught hiding in a trawler heading toward the UK were dropped yesterday. The Albanian migrants were arrested last month after the fishing boat was stopped off the coast of East Anglia. 4 4 4 Taulant Ajazi, pictured with wife Ana Maria, was hiding in the ship when it was intercepted It was one of the biggest ever operations involving the National Crime Agency, police and Border Force officers. But now plans to prosecute the migrants for illegal entry to the UK have been abandoned because when they were arrested they had not yet set foot on British soil - a key requirement under the law.