Inside secret police warehouse as Germany targets small boats gangs
The stash has been kept much as it was found. The dinghies, that officials say measure approximately 9m (29ft), are deflated and mainly packaged up in cardboard boxes. Their bright orange covers are stuffed with little more than what feels like poly-foam -completely inadequate for the open and unpredictable waters of the English Channel.The tag has Chinese lettering.
- ▪The stash has been kept much as it was found.
- ▪The dinghies, that officials say measure approximately 9m (29ft), are deflated and mainly packaged up in cardboard boxes.
- ▪Their bright orange covers are stuffed with little more than what feels like poly-foam -completely inadequate for the open and unpredictable waters of the English Channel.The tag has Chinese lettering.
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Inside secret police warehouse as Germany targets small boats gangsImage caption, Thousands of life jackets, covered in plastic wrapping, were seized by the German authorities in the springByJessica ParkerBerlin correspondentPublished2 hours agoGermany has carried out its first raids under a new law to crack down on smugglers using the country as a staging post for small boat crossings on the English Channel, the BBC has learned.More than 9,000 life jackets, dozens of dinghies and engines and 360 pumps were seized by police this spring during a joint operation involving the UK, France and Germany in the North Rhine-Westphalia region.The dinghies and equipment are now being stored at a secret location that the BBC was given special access to.The boats could have taken more than 2,000…
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