Seventy-two people arrested after boat intercepted off East Anglia
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NCA launches people-smuggling investigation after vessel stopped near Great Yarmouth
Seventy-two people have been arrested in an anti-people smuggling operation after they were found crammed on a 30-metre fishing boat off the coast of East Anglia.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) said the vessel had been intercepted close to Great Yarmouth on Tuesday evening and escorted into Harwich harbour in the early hours of Wednesday.
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