Man, 42, is charged over plot to smuggle immigrants into UK after bodies of 39 Vietnamese migrants were found in a lorry
- Gazmir Nuzi, 42, is charged with immigration offence in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants found in lorry in Essex
- Nuzi, of Tottenham, London, is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates today
- Lorry driver Maurice Robinson pleaded guilty to manslaughter on April 8
A man has been charged with an immigration offence in connection with the investigation into the deaths of 39 migrants in a refrigerated lorry.
Gazmir Nuzi, of Tottenham, London, was arrested on Thursday, Essex Police said.
The 42-year-old has now been charged with conspiracy to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law by a non-EU person, the force said.
Gazmir Nuzi, of Tottenham, London, is charged with conspiracy to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law by a non-EU person, Essex Police said
Police forensics officers at the Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, Essex, after 39 bodies were found inside a lorry on the industrial estate, October 23, 2019
He is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court today.
The 39 Vietnamese nationals were found in a lorry container parked on an industrial estate in the early hours of October 23 last year in Grays, Essex.
Ten teenagers, including two 15-year-old boys, were among those found dead.
Lorry driver Maurice Robinson, of Craigavon in Northern Ireland, pleaded guilty to manslaughter during a hearing at the Old Bailey on April 8.