bbc.com. The bodies of 39 people have been found in a lorry trailer in Essex (England). The vehicle was found shortly before 01:40 BST at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, police said.
Essex Police said the trailer has been moved to a secure location where the bodies of those inside – a teenager and 38 adults – can be recovered.
The driver, named locally as Mo Robinson, 25, from Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Essex Police said the trailer arrived via ferry from Zeebrugge, Belgium, into Purfleet on the River Thames.
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Police have appealed for witnesses and anyone with information about the lorry’s route to contact them.
The force said it believed the tractor unit – or front part – of the lorry had come from Northern Ireland.
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