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East London taxi drivers charged with aiding people smuggling network

Five taxi drivers from east London have appeared in court charged with people smuggling offences.

It follows an investigation by the National Crime Agency – codenamed Operation Symbolry – into a London-based organised crime group involved in smuggling migrants into and out of the UK using lorries.

The group, all aged between 40 and 52, appeared before Barkingside Magistrates today (Wednesday September 28) charged with attempting to facilitate breaches of immigration law.

They are:

Fozol Miah, 41, of Grange Road, Ilford – charged with one count of conspiring to facilitate illegal immigration.

Alauddin Ahmad, 49, of Bigland Street, Tower Hamlets – charged with five counts of conspiring to facilitate illegal immigration.

Amran Hussain, 40, of Devas Street, Tower Hamlets – charged with one count of conspiring to facilitate illegal immigration.

Kaysor Miah, 52, of Gale Street, Tower Hamlets – charged with one count of conspiring to facilitate illegal immigration.

Md Ahknu Hussain, 48, of Deal Street, Tower Hamlets – charged with four counts of conspiring to facilitate illegal immigration.

They were all bailed to appear before Snaresbrook Crown Court on October 26.

The taxi drivers are accused of moving migrants to and from rendezvous points with HGVs which would then be used to smuggle them across the Channel.

A number of the lorries were later intercepted by the NCA.

The investigation has already seen five lorry drivers convicted and jailed for a combined 17 years for their roles. A high-ranking member of the crime network, Noor Ullah, from Church Lane, Leytonstone, was also sentenced to two-years-and-five months’ imprisonment in March 2022.

The alleged ringleader of the group, Mohammed Mokter Hossain from Woodford Green, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to move people into and out of the UK and is due to be sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on October 3.

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not a lot of info there

Presumably the transfers were taking place on the continent so not sure of the relevance of their trade as they would have either been using their vehicles as private cars albeit for reward

Can you legally operate a licensed vehicle outside of the uk borders if the fare did not originate within the UK ?

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

What’s the betting they’re not ‘taxi drivers’ ???

100% certain IMO.

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IDFIMH