Stowaways caught in booze truck in Calais
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THREE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS from Iran were found Ti the back of a Hungarian lorry loaded with vodka, which was bound for Nottingham.
A close inspection of the vehicle found that its tilt cord had been cut and refastened with a pin and super glue.
UK Border Agency officers using CO2 detection equipment in Calais found the illegal immigrants.
Mite CM fully respects the seriousness of the crime, we presume they were dedicated to their vows of sobriety as followers of Shia Islam.
The irony is that if they had drunk the vodka, they could have contaminated their breath with C21-150H (pure alcohol). Perhaps the CO, breath detection equipment could have been bamboozled. That, and the cross-channel journey would have flown by...