British police said 39 bodies were found near London Wednesday in the container of a truck thought to have come from Bulgaria. Essex Police said the people were all pronounced dead at the scene in an industrial park in Grays, east of London. Early indications suggest the victims are 38 adults and one teenager
- Police found 39 people dead inside a lorry container in Essex early this morning
- It is thought the lorry is originally from Bulgaria and entered Britain at Holyhead
- The lorry's driver, a 25-year-old from Northern Ireland, has been arrested
- Local MP says: 'People trafficking is a vile and dangerous business'
The lorry's driver, a 24-year-old man from Northern Ireland, has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Police have not said where the people who died are from or where they were thought to be travelling to. They said it could take a long time to identify those who have died.
Authorities were warned last year that people smugglers saw the Irish border as a weak point in the UK border and were taking migrants to Ireland before transporting them to Britain. It is not known whether that happened in this case.