Blackpool Airport human trafficker jailed
04.06.09
A human trafficker, who was caught trying to smuggle an illegal immigrant into the UK via Blackpool Airport, has been jailed, the Gazette reports. Lampros Gkampos, 47, of Greek national, was sentenced yesterday to 32 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to assisting unlawful entry at Preston Crown Court.
Mr Gkampos was stopped by immigration officials at the airport after arriving on a Ryanair flight from Girona, Spain on December 12 last year attempting to facilitate the entry of a non-EU national into the UK. The man who attempted to enter the UK at the same time was returned to Spain the next day.
Lancashire Police worked with officers from Interpol and the Guardia Civil in Spain to bring about the prosecution. Mr Gkampos had committed similar offences in Canada in 2007.
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