Vietnamese Man Arrested in UK Raid on People Smugglers

Illegal immigrants walk to climb into the back of lorries bound for Britain while traffic is stopped upon waiting to board shuttles at the entrance to the Channel Tunnel site in Calais, northern France, on Nov. 19, 2020. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images

A Vietnamese man has been arrested in Birmingham on suspicion of being a high-ranking member of a people smuggling network, the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said.

The 23-year-old man was detained during a raid on a property in the Handsworth area at around 6 a.m. on Monday.