Five Pakistanis held prior to boarding a UK flight

Posted on: January 20th, 2010 Posted by Adam Owens

Five Pakistani nationals have been arrested at Islamabad Airport as they were waiting for their boarding call for a UK-bound flight. All five were believed to have been detained under suspicion of offences relating to immigration.
The flight itself, an Airblue ED 200 plane, did manage to leave at the scheduled time and arrived in the [...]

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Gatwick Airport discovers rare lizards

Posted on: December 7th, 2009 Posted by James Becks

An eagle-eyed customs operator at Gatwick Airport has uncovered a highly unusual and highly illegal package. Three very rare alligator lizards were discovered at Gatwick and have since been moved to Heathrow Airport’s animal reception centre.
Customs officials at Gatwick made the bizarre find during a search of a courier package which was intercepted at the [...]

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British man caught smuggling hundreds of spiders

Posted on: November 16th, 2009 Posted by Anna Rowlands

A UK resident could be facing massive fines after attempting to smuggle approximately 1,000 spiders onto a British-bound flight from Brazil.
26-year-old Lee Ardern was arrested by Brazilian authorities at a customs check point in a Rio de Janeiro airport. Ardern had been trying to carry into the cabin a briefcase packed full of the arachnids, [...]

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Protest over illegal immigration held in Arkansas

Posted on: August 19th, 2008 Posted by Helen Young

Monday evening there was an immigration rally held to protest illegal immigration.  The founder of Secure Arkansas, which is a group that is anti illegal immigrants, Jeannie Bulsworth, led the protest and highlighted the major issues in the United States caused by illegal immigrants.  Her words did not sit well with all members in the [...]

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