A man has been charged with smuggling after a child was found in a suitcase at the Port of Dover

A man has been charged with attempted smuggling after a Vietnamese boy was found in a suitcase in the boot of a car. The boy, believed to the 16, was taken to hospital after UK Border Force officials made the discovery at 8.30pm on Wednesday at the port of Dover, Kent, police said.

The boy’s condition has since improved after initially being described as life-threatening. The suitcase was discovered in the boot of a silver Skoda Octavia stopped at the inbound search area of the port, for vehicles arriving in the UK from France.

Kent Police is investigating the incident and the Crown Prosecution Service has authorised a charge against Andrei Iancu, 20, from Buzau in Romania. He was accused of attempting to smuggle a person into the UK, thereby facilitating the commission of a breach of immigration law.

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