Lorry driver raised alarm over illegal immigrants at Benington

Admiral Nelson pub landlady Sheila Phillips was told the driver, who didn’t speak much English, stopped on the A52 after hearing banging noises coming from the vehicle and asked a resident at nearby almshouses to call the police.

She said police cars and ambulances went to the scene and the incident lasted about two hours.

It is believed at least half-a-dozen people were found but details have yet to be confirmed by Lincolnshire Police and Home Office Immigration.

Mrs Phillips said traffic queues built up towards Boston and Skegness because of the number of vehicles involved in the incident.

“It did cause quite some chaos with the traffic,” she said.