Two foreign nationals have been jailed for attempting to smuggle almost 50 people out of the UK in lorries.

Marius Bajenaru, 44, and Sorin-Costinel Ivan, 46, both from Romania, were arrested by the National Crime Agency (NCA) on September 18.

Bajenaru had 17 migrants concealed in the rear of his Romanian registered panel van and almost £4,000 in cash in a black plastic bag in the cab.

Ivan had 32 people, mostly Bangladeshi nationals, in the trailer of his HGV.

Three bundles of cash totalling £9,950 were found in the cab of his lorry.

The pair were trying to cross the Channel to France. Undocumented people are smuggled out of the UK because they can’t use official channels to travel or return home. Bajenaru made a full confession in interviews with NCA investigators.

He admitted he co

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