Swansea man guilty of assisting illegal migration

43 year old Anas Al Mustafa has been convicted at Lewes Crown Court

Lewes Crown Court
Author: Tom PreecePublished 29th Aug 2024
Last updated 29th Aug 2024

A van driver has been found guilty of smuggling migrants in a hidden compartment who were discovered screaming for help as they were starved of oxygen.

Anas Al Mustafa, 43, of Swansea, has been convicted of assisting unlawful migration at Lewes Crown Court.

Jurors unanimously found the father-of-two guilty of trafficking seven people in a specially-adapted van via a ferry between Dieppe, in France, and Newhaven, in East Sussex, on February 16.

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