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- The National Crime Agency seized 25 inflatable boats at East Midlands Airport on October 2, from Turkey to the Netherlands.
- Each nine-metre boat holds up to 68 people, totaling about 1,700 migrants across the Channel.
- The seizure is the first UK detection of a large small-boat consignment in air freight.
- Deputy director Craig Turner said NCA seizures of 1,600 boats and engines are raising smugglers’ costs and limiting profits.
