{"id":13312,"date":"2020-03-07T12:05:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T16:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13312"},"modified":"2020-03-09T11:11:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T15:11:08","slug":"two-irish-men-charged-in-connection-with-human-trafficking-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13312","title":{"rendered":"Two Irish Men Charged in Connection with Human Trafficking in England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/canterbury.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"498\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/canterbury.jpg 750w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/canterbury-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>Two Irish men have been charged in the UK as part of an investigation into alleged human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>Wayne Sherlock, 39, and Eoin Nowlan, 48, were arrested in Dover, Kent, England, following the discovery of 10 migrants in a lorry carrying tires near the Belgian city of Ghent.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, on Thursday, the 64-year-old driver of the vehicle \u2013 originally from Glasgow \u2013 was arrested by Belgian authorities and a 30-year-old man in Co Antrim was also detained.<\/p>\n<p>The driver has been remanded in custody while the man from Antrim was released on bail following questioning by British National Crime Agency (NCA) officers.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sherlock and Nowlan are charged with alleged conspiracy to facilitate illegal immigration, the NCA said.<\/p>\n<p>The pair were remanded in custody following a hearing at Canterbury Magistrates\u2019 Court in Kent, England, today.<\/p>\n<p>The NCA said the migrants \u2013 believed to be two adults and eight children \u2013 are thought to be from south-east Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Two properties in England and Northern Ireland were also searched by NCA officers, with two suspected firearms seized in the Kent raid.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-13312\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13312&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-13312\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13312&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-13312\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13312&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13312\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Irish men have been charged in the UK as part of an investigation into alleged human trafficking. 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