This discovery prompted police to visit the Anlaby Road properties, which had entrances via a locked alleyway. On 21 July 2020, police investigating a robbery report attended one of the same Anlaby Road properties, which happened to be unlocked. He subsequently alleged that he had been threatened with a knife by two men in Belgium and was coerced into transporting the 10 Albanian men. It was believed that the Albanian men would have been transported to work in cannabis factories, said Mr Masson. Patrick Williamson, mitigating, said that the immigration offence appeared to be a single incident and the Albanian men were being transported in a safe way.

Source: Daily Mirror February 28, 2026 16:42 UTC