Suspected illegal immigrants arrested on boat off East Anglia coast

(BBC) Sixty-nine suspected illegal immigrants and three crew members have been arrested after a fishing boat was intercepted off the coast of East Anglia, says the National Crime Agency.

It has launched a people smuggling investigation after Border Force officials intercepted the vessel off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

The agency said the 30m (98ft) boat had sailed from near Ostend, Belgium.

British officials accompanied the boat into Harwich harbour on Wednesday.

The three crew members, a Latvian national and two Ukrainian nationals, were arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration.

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