Smuggling Of Pakistanis

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31551, 13 December 1967, Page 21

Smuggling Of Pakistanis

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, December 12. Leaders of an organisation smuggling Pakistanis into Britain at nearly £3OO a head have been identified to police, the “Evening News” reported yesterday.

In its main front-page story, the newspaper said nation-wide police investigations might lead to prosecutions and the end

of the gang. A Pakistani, living legally in Britain, had passed names and information to detectives. Police knew the six leaders of the organisation, who included Englishmen. They knew of the redpainted boat which ferried the Pakistanis, 20 at a time, from Calais, the French port 21 miles from the English coast.

They also knew of the Kent coast boarding house where they were driven for breakfast, and had descriptions of cars which collected them from the shore. In spite of the recent publicity about the arrest of Pakistanis on lonely English beaches, wholesale smuggling is continuing, according to “Evening News.” One south coast police force was pressing for a high-speed boat patrol of the English channel. The investigation had shown that the illegal organ-

isation was able to provide national insurance cards and other documents so that the men could go to work. The price of £3OO was extra high, because most of the Pakistanis had already been deported from Britain, or refused entry.