Three arrests at cake factory
Last week saw UK Border Agency official raid the Memory Lane Cake shop in Cardiff’s Maes y Coad late Tuesday evening. Following the raid one illegal immigrant will be deported from Britain and three arrests in total were made.
Of the three arrests, one of them – an Iraqi national – was discovered to be remaining inside the UK despite his visa expiring. He is not under detention as moves are made to deport him back to his homeland.
The other two men involved in the incident were from Iran and Nigeria. Both were placed under arrest and removed for questioning at Cardiff Bay Police Station. The Nigerian man was formally charged with two separate incidences of forgery and he remains remanded in custody. The man from Iran has also been questioned over an offence related to the ID Cards Act and also over an alleged theft. He has been released on bail and will face further questioning.
According to agency officials, the cake shop, owned by Finsbury Food, was fully cooperative with their inquiries and investigation.
Around 1,100 staff are employed at Memory Lane Cakes, the Cardiff business that was also raided by immigration officials back in 2005. At that time, some 19 people of various nationalities were arrested, all of them understood to be illegal immigrants.
Regional Director for the UKBA in Wales and the South West, Jane Farleigh, claimed that the operation was part of an ongoing targeting of criminal offenders and illegal migrants in the area and across Wales itself. The UKBA will continue to seek out workers who are doing so illegally in the UK and remove them from the country. Any potential criminal activity will result in prosecution.
The UKBA has published guidelines for employers on the prevention of hiring of illegal workers on its website and encourages all business owners to be familiar with the regulations.
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