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Indian human-trafficking busted

None | ByIndo-Asian News Service, Brussels
Feb 16, 2006 04:44 PM IST

The arrests came after a custodial judge in the town issued arrest warrants for 10 people suspected of regularly smuggling illegal immigrants across to Britain, the court reported on Wednesday.

A suspected gang of human traffickers from India was arrested by Belgian police, a court in the town of Dendermonde reported.

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The arrests came after a custodial judge in the town issued arrest warrants for 10 people suspected of regularly smuggling illegal immigrants across to Britain, the court reported on Wednesday.

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No further details were made available about the arrests.

The would-be immigrants from India, Pakistan and Afghanistan had to pay up to 6,000 euros ($7,130 dollars) for the journey. They were packed into lorries in car parks along Belgium's motorways.

"The gang transported several dozen people to Britain practically every day," a judicial spokesman said.

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