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POLICE arrested four people on Thursday night after the discovery of 68 illegal immigrants on lorries that had arrived from the Netherlands.

The stowaways — 35 Afghans, 22 Chinese, 10 people from Vietnam and one Russian — were found on a ferry at Harwich International Port in Essex during a search by Border Force officials.

Two pregnant women were among seven people taken to Colchester General Hospital after the discovery at around 10pm.

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