Article 6QHAW Man jailed for smuggling people into UK who were found screaming for help

Man jailed for smuggling people into UK who were found screaming for help

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Matthew Weaver and agencies
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Anas Al Mustafa, 43, sentenced to 10 years after seven people were hidden in a concealed space in his van

A people smuggler who was discovered after stowaways were heard screaming for help as they struggled for oxygen in a hidden compartment of his van has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Anas Al Mustafa, 43, was convicted of assisting unlawful migration by trafficking seven people in February in a specially adapted van via a cross-Channel ferry between Dieppe in France and Newhaven.

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