Six French nationals including a married couple jailed over botched people smuggling plot after being lured in by adverts on Snapchat promising lucrative payments

Winchester Crown Court heard the group reached out to people smugglers in France who put adverts out on Snapchat 'fishing' for people who smuggle immigrants to the UK in exchange for cash.


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