Six people are in custody after being discovered in the back of a lorry that arrived at a Fenland transport company from the continent.

Police were called at 4.19pm to reports of being people in the back of a lorry that arrived at Knowles Transport, Blue Lane, Wimblington, from Holland via Calais.

There were six people on board from Iraq and Iran. Five were taken into custody at King’s Lynn police station and another, a boy, was taken to Thorpe Wood in Peterborough. All were handed over to immigration.