eBoarders snares drug smuggler at Gatwick
15.03.10
A convicted drug smuggler was stopped from entering the UK after the eBoarders electronic monitoring system warned officials he was on a flight bound for Gatwick. The 40-year-old Lithuanian national was deported in April 2002 after being convicted in 1998 of attempting to smuggle cocaine into the UK.
The e-Borders electronic system matched the passenger against a watch list and UK Border Agency officers were waiting for him on Saturday at Gatwick's south terminal when his flight landed. Nick Crouch, UK Border Agency assistant director at Gatwick Airport, said: ‘The fact that we were able to identify and target a convicted drug smuggler before he landed at Gatwick clearly demonstrates the value of e-borders.'
‘eBoarders means we can count people in and out of the UK and capture known criminals, terror suspects and illegal migrants while gathering evidence against smugglers and people traffickers. It has already had a huge impact, helping us catch more than 5,400 criminals including rapists and murderers since the system was launched in May 2009.'
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