Man charged over alleged people-smuggling plot

A man has become the sixth person charged with conspiring to facilitate illegal immigration as part of an investigation into people smuggling, the National Crime Agency (NCA) says.

Kamal Chowdhury, 46, of no fixed abode, was arrested on 29 January.

After questioning, he was charged and appeared before Bromley Magistrates' Court on Monday.

It follows the arrests of five other men in an NCA operation on 26 and 27 January, which saw a lorry stopped at Dover port with 23 Bangladeshi nationals on board.

All six men have been remanded in custody and are next expected to appear before Canterbury Crown Court on 2 March.

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