Just days after seven illegal immigrants were found hiding in the back of a lorry at the Leigh Delamere service station, another 12 have been caught and arrested there.
Just before 4pm on Tuesday a member of the public called Chippenham police after seeing men jumping from the back of a German lorry parked at the services on the West bound carriageway.
Officers from Chippenham station and the police helicopter rushed to the scene and 12 people were arrested.
Of the 12, nine were Afghan nationals with one man being 47-year-old and the other eight were aged between 13 and 16.
The other three men were Vietnamese nationals aged 20, 24 and 35.
They were taken straight into custody where immigration officials will take over the investigation.
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