Three suspected illegal immigrants arrested in a Harborough district village after the lorry driver heard them talking in his trailer and alerted police

Three suspected illegal immigrants have been arrested in a Harborough district village after the lorry driver heard them talking in his trailer and alerted police.

The three men, aged 22, 23 and 25, were found hiding among a huge pile of boxes as they were held by officers on an industrial estate in Dunton Bassett, near Lutterworth.

The suspects, who are thought to hail from Iran, were detained early on Tuesday morning (February 23) before being handed over to UK Immigration Services.

A Leicestershire Police spokesman said: “At around 6.30am on Tuesday 23 February officers received a report from the driver of a lorry parked at an industrial estate on Lutterworth Road, near Dunton Bassett.

“Officers attended and a 22-year-old man, a 23-year-old man and a 25-year-old man, all of no fixed address, were arrested and handed to the immigration service.”