Man jailed for trying to smuggle seven Albanian men through Dover | Meridian
Michetti has been jailed for more than four years A man who attempted to smuggle a group of illegal migrants into the UK hidden amongst tyres in the back of his van has been jailed for more than four years. Italian national Mauro Michetti, 54, was stopped by Border Force officers at Dover’s Eastern Docks in the early hours of 22 October this year. The officers searched the vehicle and found the seven illegal migrants hidden under a pile of old tyres that Mr Michetti claimed were bought in Brussels to sell in London. The illegal migrants had been concealed in a boxed section of the van unde...