Twenty-three illegals caught in South London

More arrests of illegal workers on the May 9th red letter day, twenty-three this time.

Ten immigration offenders were arrested following a crackdown on illegal working in Croydon and South Norwood.
Immigration enforcement officers visited three shops on London Road, Croydon, on Thursday 9th May 2013. At Savemore Foods (also known as Savemore World of Frozen Food), which was visited at about 11:25 they arrested a 57-year-old Sri Lankan man who was a failed asylum seeker and a 56-year-old Pakistani man who had entered the country illegally. Both men tried to leg it but were caught by enforcement officers.
The team then entered Croydon Halal Meat & Grocery at 12:35 and arrested a 21-year-old Afghan man. He was not an employee but found to be a failed asylum seeker.
A 23-year-old Afghan man who had entered the country illegally was arrested at the final location, Perfect Halal Meat, which was entered at 16:20pm. He also tried to ‘scarper’ but was caught.
Later that day officers visited CFC Butchers on London Road and Chicken Palace on Portland Place, South Norwood. At CFC they arrested three Pakistani men aged 23, 25 and 33 for overstaying their visas.
Three men were arrested at Chicken Palace. They included a 45-year-old Pakistani who had overstayed his visa, and an Iraqi, aged 25, and Afghan, aged 23, who had both entered the country illegally. Steps are now being taken to remove all those arrested from the country.

Home Office Immigration Enforcement officers also carried out a series of raids on five businesses in South London on that red letter day where thirteen illegals were arrested, thirteen unlucky for them.
At the Clapham North, Clapham Road (formerly the Bedford Arms), which was visited at 1.25pm, officers arrested two Nepalese men aged 24 and 38 for working in breach of their visa conditions.
Officers then moved on to the Brunswick Café, Wandsworth Road, at about 3.45pm where a Bolivian man aged 36 who had overstayed his visa was arrested.
Officers then went to Albaraka Halal Meat on Streatham High Road shortly before 4pm. There, two Algerian men, a 33-year-old who had overstayed his visa and a 28-year-old failed asylum seeker, were arrested.
Finally the team went to Clapham Newspoint, Clapham Common Southside, at 5.35pm. Two Pakistani men were arrested, a 41-year-old who had overstayed his visa and a 21-year-old working in breach of his visa conditions.
A team of immigration officers, with assistance from the Metropolitan Police Service, also visited Top Barbers on Peckham High Street at 5.40pm where six Nigerian men were arrested; blimey six that’s a bit mob handed for cutting a few barnets (Barnet Fair, hair). Five aged between 25 and 41 had overstayed their visas while a 36-year-old had entered the country illegally.
Steps are now being taken to remove all those arrested from the country.

Seventy-one illegal workers caught

May 9th, a red letter day for catching illegal workers, 71 caught plus the 37 I’ve already reported on for that day.

Six immigration offenders have been arrested following a series of raids in Burnt Oak. Home Office immigration enforcement officers visited three businesses on Watling Avenue.
At Afro Cosmetics, they arrested three Pakistani men. A 26-year-old had overstayed his visa and two others aged 20 and 28 were working in breach of their visa conditions.
Officers then visited Bambino’s Kebab and Pizza Shop where they arrested a 20-year-old Afghan man who was a failed asylum seeker and Pakistani man, aged 24, who had overstayed his visa.
At the final address, Isabel’s Hairdresser, they arrested a 48-year-old Jamaican woman who had overstayed her visa.
The Jamaican woman has been placed on immigration bail while steps are taken to remove her from the country, that’s if she doesn’t ‘scarper’ in the mean time. The others were transferred to immigration detention pending their removal from the UK.

Five immigration offenders have been arrested by a Home Office Immigration Enforcement team in Newcastle.
Officers first visited Tenji Japanese Buffet in Barrack Road where they arrested three illegal workers – a 30-year-old visa overstayer from Sri Lanka; a 25-year-old visa overstayer from the Phillipines and a 26-year-old Sri Lankan who was working in breach of his visa conditions. A 4th offender who was at the premises, but not working was also arrested. The 57-year-old man from Hong Kong had overstayed his visa.
At Jashn Restaurant in Whickham Bank, officers arrested a Bangladeshi man, 20, who had overstayed his visa. All five men were taken into immigration detention pending their removal from the UK.

Fourteen immigration offenders have been arrested following Home Office Immigration Enforcement operation at a double glazing manufacturer and supplier in Welham Green, Herts. Acting on intelligence, officers visited Advanced Sealed Units Ltd at Travellers Lane.
Checks on the immigration status of staff revealed eleven men aged between 25 and 56 and a 28-year old woman, all from India, who were working illegally. They were arrested and have all been detained pending their removal from the country.
Officers then carried out visits to two residential addresses in Welham Green where two more immigration offenders were encountered.
A 31-year-old visa overstayer from India was arrested at Oxlease Drive and taken into immigration detention. A 41-year-old Indian visa overstayer was arrested at Woods Close and released on immigration bail.

Four immigration offenders have been arrested by Home Office Immigration Enforcement team in Wisbech. Officers from Cambridgeshire Police and HM Revenue and Customs, visited twelve businesses in the town to ensure they were complying with legislation around the employment of foreign nationals.
Arrests were made at three businesses – Premier Shop in Norwich Road; Haran’s All In One Store in Norfolk Street, and Tandoori Hut, also in Norfolk Street.
Two Indian men, 43 and 27, who had overstayed their visas were arrested at Premier Shop. A 38-year-old Indian man who had overstayed his visa was arrested at Haran’s All In One Store and at Tandoori Hut a 49-year-old visa overstayer from Pakistan was caught as he attempted to have it away on his toes from the back door of the premises. All four men have been taken into immigration detention pending their removal from the UK.
A 5th illegal worker, a 28-year-old illegal entrant from China, was encountered at the Evergreen Chinese Takeaway in Victoria Road. He was not arrested, but released on reporting restrictions pending the outcome of an application to remain in the UK.Yeah well , he will have it away on his toes I shouldn’t wonder.

Ten people have been arrested following Immigration Enforcement operations in Wick.
Officers visited a number of licensed premises, working with officers from Police Scotland. At Spice Tandoori on Shore, six Bangladeshi men aged between 28 and 41 were arrested after being found to be working illegally.
Later at Curry King on Bridge Street, two Bangladeshi men aged 30 and 58 were also arrested for working illegally.
After visiting Dragon House on High Street, a 29-year-old Chinese woman and a 34-year-old Chinese man were discovered working illegally and arrested.
All ten offenders were arrested and have been detained pending their removal from the country.

Seventeen immigration offenders have been caught following Immigration Enforcement operations in Oban. Officers visited a number of licensed premises in Oban, working with officers from Police Scotland. Checks on the immigration status of staff revealed seventeen men had no right to work in the UK. They were all arrested with sixteen being detained pending their removal from the country while one has been released awaiting further enquiries into his immigration status.

The premises visited during the operation were:
Taj Mahal, on George Street, where five Bangladeshi men aged between 22 and 36 were arrested. Kebabish on George Street, where a 32-year-old Pakistani man was arrested.
Crystal Palace, on George Street, where two Chinese men aged 43 and 45 were arrested and detained while a 3rd Chinese man was arrested but later released pending further enquiries.
Light of India, on Stevenson Street, where five Bangladeshi men aged between 26 and 64 were arrested.
Coriander, on Soroba Road, where three Bangladeshi men aged between 31 and 39 were arrested.

Following a Home Office Immigration Enforcement operation in Glasgow, fourteen people were arrested for working illegally. Officers assisted by Police Scotland and Scottish Power visited a number of licensed premises in Glasgow to check the immigration status of the workers.

Arrests for working illegally were made at the following premises:
China Chef, on Carntyne Road – a 35-year-old Chinese man.
Ali’s Kebab and Curries, on Shettleston Road – 2 Pakistani men aged 32 and 57.
Panda House, Inverleith Street – a 22-year-old Malaysian man.
Ruby Murrays on Cumbernauld Road – two Indian men aged 26 and 32.
Shimla Tandoori, on Quebec Wynd – two Indian men aged 23 and 44.
Chillies East End, on Halhill Road – a 32-year-old Bangladeshi man.
7 Spices, on Carntyne Road – a-24-year old Indian man.
Spicy Curry Palace, on Smithycroft Road – a 36-year-old Pakistani man.
Sher Gills, on Cumbernauld Road – a 49-year-old Indian man.
Tasty House, on Smithycroft Road – a 41-year-old Indian man.
All in One, on Marne Street – a 39-year-old Indian man.

All those arrested have been detained while steps are taken to remove them from the country.

Illegal workers countdown

TEN

Ten immigration offenders have been arrested following raids in Sussex.
Home Office immigration enforcement officers visited three businesses on Thursday 9th May. They arrested three Indian nationals working at Nisa Convenience Store, Hyde Square, Upper Beeding, which was visited at 13.35. Two men aged 28 were found to be working in breach of their visa conditions and a 24-year-old man had overstayed his visa. Officers also arrested a 23-year-old Indian woman on suspicion of immigration offences, although she was not encountered working.

Officers then visited Rajkumar, Springfield Road, Horsham, at about 18:15 where they arrested six male illegal workers. A 37-year-old Indian and four Bangladeshis aged between 43 and 56 were all found to have overstayed their visas. A 34-year-old Bangladeshi was arrested on suspicion of immigration offences.
Officers also visited K&A Enterprises, South Road, Haywards Heath, at about 11.40 where a 42-year-old Sri Lankan man was found to be working illegally. He was not arrested but dismissed from employment. He will now report to the Home Office.

EIGHT

Eight men have been have been arrested in Lancashire following a series of Home Office Immigration Enforcement operations.
Officers visited BBQ Place, Deepdale Road and Charcoal Hut in New Hall Lane, Preston at about 21:00 on Thursday 9th May 2013. Checks on the immigration status of staff at BBQ Place revealed that two Afghani men aged 26 and 28 had entered the country illegally. Both were subsequently arrested.
At Charcoal Hut a Pakistani man, aged 33, was also found working illegally and arrested.
Later that evening officers visited an address on Alton Street, Blackburn, and arrested five Indian men aged between 28 and 39 who had all over-stayed their visas. All eight men are all currently detained pending their removal from the country.

EIGHT again

On Thursday 9th May 2013 officers assisted by the PSNI visited two takeaways in Enniskillen to check the immigration status of those working there. At the Hong Kong takeaway on Belmore Street they arrested three Chinese men aged 25, 34 and 47 along with a 34-year-old Chinese woman after it was discovered that they were working illegally.
On the same evening at the China City takeaway on Forthill Street, Enniskillen two Chinese men aged 27and 43 were also arrested for working illegally.
Also on Thursday, enforcement officers, supported by the PSNI, arrested a 30-year-old Algerian man flying from Belfast International Airport to London and a 55-year-old Nigerian man flying from Belfast City Airport to Manchester after checking their immigration status and discovering that they were each in the country illegally.
All those arrested are being held in Home Office detention in Larne House, Larne while steps are taken to remove them to their home countries.

FIVE and a bit

Five people have been arrested following a Home Office Immigration Enforcement crackdown on illegal working in Slough. Immigration officers, supported by Thames Valley Police, visited a series of businesses on Thursday 9th May 2013 where they carried out immigration checks on staff working there.
At around 12.30 they carried out simultaneous operations at the Exotic Karahi restaurant and Exotic Superstore on Farnham Road. At the restaurant a 28-year-old Indian member of staff was arrested for overstaying his visa. He was detained pending his removal from the UK.
At the superstore no members of staff were arrested, but a 29-year-old man from Pakistan was detained for entering the UK illegally.
Officers then moved on to the Chalvey Supermarket on Alexandra Plaza.
There, three people were arrested, a 25-year-old man from Pakistan who had entered the UK illegally, and men from India (aged 44) and Pakistan (37) who had both over-stayed their visas. All three were detained pending their removal from the UK.
A woman from Pakistan was also found to be working their illegally, however she wasn’t arrested as she had an outstanding application with the Home Office.

FIVE

Five Pakistani men have been have been arrested at a Manchester cash and carry following a visit by officers to Kaka Cash and Carry, Unit 22, Severnside Trading Estate, Textilose Road, Trafford Park in Manchester this morning (Thursday 9 May 2013).
Checks on the immigration status of staff revealed the five men, aged between 23 and 48, had overstayed their visas and did not have the right to work in the UK. They have all been arrested and are currently detained pending their removal from the country.

Benefit fraudster jailed

A benefit fraudster who hoovered up thousands of pounds of taxpayers money has been jailed.
Denise Dyson (her name was Dyson so she hoovered up benefits, get it) one half of a married couple who unlawfully acquired more than £45,000 between them – was jailed for nine months at Manchester Crown Court.
Dyson, of Newland Avenue, Pemberton, failed to notify the Department of Work and Pensions of her marriage to husband Terence in 2001 and that she was living with him. Between 2006 and 2011 she claimed income support as a single occupant plus Council Tax benefit from the council and was overpaid £22,000 in total.
I love this bit, Mrs Dyson did not inform her family that she was due in court and a missing persons report was filed in her name when she did not return home after her hearing.
Dyson fooled authorities by claiming her benefits under her maiden name of Denise Anglesea. She had also received a previous conviction in 2010 for working while in receipt of benefits, unlawfully claiming more than £9,000, and received a 12-month Community Order.
Earlier this year Terence Dyson escaped a custodial sentence after pleading guilty to three theft offences. The 65-year-old stole £24,000 worth of plumbing equipment from Bryn-based Norstrom Group during his time as its divisional manager. He received a 10-month prison sentence suspended for a year, 200 hours’ unpaid work and was hit with a curfew.

All restaurant staff were illegal workers.

Acting on intelligence UKBA officers visited the Indian Lounge at Swinegate on Bank Holiday Monday 6th May with the assistance of officers from North Yorkshire Police.
Checks on the immigration status of staff revealed four men aged 33, 34, 36 and 40 ( hmmm, might use those numbers on a Eurolottery ticket) from Bangladesh who had no right to work in the UK. They were arrested and have all been detained pending their removal from the country.
Two other men who did not have the right to work in the UK were also encountered at the restaurant. They were not arrested, but must now report to the Home Office. Yeah right they’ll have it away on their toes never to be seen again.
The business was closed after the visit, as there were no staff left to run it.

Talking about illegals

Four illegal workers have been caught following raids at businesses in Strood and Gillingham, Kent on Friday 3rd May 2013.
Home Office immigration enforcement officers visited Wimpy, High Street, Strood. They checked the immigration status of the staff and found a 30-year-old man from Uzbekistan, who had not left the UK when his visa expired, working illegally. He was arrested and placed in immigration detention.
Officers also encountered a second man from Bulgaria who was working illegally. He was stopped from working and given a fixed penalty notice of £1000. Ah well he can return next year and work here legally can’t he?

A visit by officers to Twydall Tandoori, Twydall Green, Gillingham, revealed two Bangladeshi men working illegally. Checks showed one, aged 30, had not left the UK when his visa expired, the other, aged 24, was working in breach of his visa conditions.
Both were arrested, and along with the Uzbekistani man, remain in immigration detention while steps are taken by the Home Office to remove them from the UK.

GP practice manager jailed for £150k fraud

A GP practice manager who defrauded her employer of £150,000 by inflating her own salary and falsifying overtime payments has been sentenced to 18 months in prison following an investigation supported by NHS Protect. (Manchester Crown Court, Friday 26th April).

Alison Westley, 62, of East Avenue, Burnage, Manchester, worked for a total of 12 years as a practice manager. She was employed first at the Archwood Medical Practice, Woodley, Manchester and then at Woodley Health Centre, Hyde Road, following a merger.

Her new colleagues discovered a number of financial irregularities. Further investigations revealed that Westley had been consistently paying herself an inflated salary and overtime payments, as well as drawing cheques made payable to herself from practice accounts.
Westley created large numbers of fictitious invoices, purportedly for the supply of goods and services, including drug supplies, to the practice. At the peak of her offending, she diverted up to £3,000 a week from practice funds. Supported by NHS Protect and Stockport PCT, Greater Manchester Police conducted a full financial investigation, which concluded that Westley’s offences had cost the practice £150,000.
She was arrested in September 2012 and pleaded guilty in March 2013 to seven offences of False Representation, contrary to section two of the Fraud Act 2006.

More illegals caught

Five Bangladeshi illegal workers have been arrested following simultaneous raids on two restaurants in Godalming, Surrey.
Home Office immigration enforcement officers visited the Thani Moon and Mogul Spices restaurants on Bridge Street at around 18:30 on Thursday 25th April 2013, where they carried out immigration checks on staff working there.
At the Thani Moon three men were arrested. Two, aged 23 and 33, were found to have over-stayed their visas, while a 32-year-old man was found to have entered the UK illegally.
At Mogul Spices two men, aged 22 and 36, were both found to have over-stayed their visas.
All five were detained pending their removal from the UK.

Tasered man burst into flames

Seemed like a good idea at the time?

Andrew Pimlott, 32, had doused himself in petrol and was threatening to kill himself when he was shot by the police with a stun gun and burst into flames. Petrol fumes, 50,000 volts , sparks, no concern for health & safety here but then police were not in danger.
Pimlott suffered serious burns and was rushed to hospital but died five days later.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is now investigating whether the Taser gun that was fired by police caused Mr Pimlott to suffer the fatal burns. ‘Allo’ ‘allo’ ‘allo’, surely a spontaneous combustion cause of death is not in the air.

Do you know an average of three people are shot with stun guns every day by police.

Anyway I digress, police were called to Mr Pimlott’s house in Plymouth, Devon, after a 999 call reporting a man in the garden with a can of flammable liquid, watch out you Barbecue fanatics.
Neighbours described hearing an ‘explosion’ after the incident and Mr Pimlott was rushed to hospital. He died on Tuesday at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol.
Jack Fry, 20, was with his friend Brett Griffiths, also 20, at a house backing onto the scene.
He said: “There were three screams. Brett opened the curtains and at first he thought the house was on fire.
“But then we saw a man, fully on fire, from top to bottom, like what you see on a film, with his arms swaying around.”
Mr Fry said he saw police jump on the burning man and put him on the floor, using a cover to try and put the flames out. Other neighbours said they heard an explosion.

Mr Pimlott was rushed to hospital after the incident on April 18th, where police said he had non-life threatening injuries. Oh well, they can’t be right every time.

But the IPCC has since revealed Mr Pimlott died of his injuries and will now investigate what information the officers knew about him before the taser was fired and the reason for using it.

WikipediA says:

Tasers, like other electric devices, have been found to ignite flammable materials. For this reason Tasers come with express instructions not to use them where flammable liquids or fumes may be present, such as filling stations and methamphetamine labs.

An evaluative study carried out by the British Home Office investigated the potential for Tasers to ignite CS gas. Seven trials were conducted, in which CS gas canisters containing methyl isobutyl ketone (a solvent in all CS sprays used by the United Kingdom police) were sprayed over mannequins wearing street clothing. The Tasers were then fired at the mannequins. In two of the seven trials, “the flames produced were severe and engulfed the top half of the mannequin, including the head”.

Italian restaurant caught twice with illegal workers

Two immigration offenders arrested at a Rickmansworth restaurant have been removed from the UK. Gor Blimey, stone the crows illegal workers do get deported.
Officers from Home Office immigration enforcement visited Buon Cibo in Station Road on 12th April.
Checks revealed that two members of staff – a woman, 25, and a man, 26, both from Brazil – had no permission to be in the UK. The woman had entered the UK illegally and the man had overstayed his visa.
Both were taken into immigration detention ahead of their removal from the UK on Wednesday (17th April).

It is the second time in 3 months that immigration offenders have been arrested at Buon Cibo. On 31st January, two Brazilian men who had overstayed their visas were detained by immigration officers. They have both since been returned to their home country.
The Home Office is currently considering whether the Buon Cibo will face penalties of up to £10,000 for each illegal worker caught in the two raids. Really, they should be considering whether to shut the business down for taking the ‘Jimmy Riddle’ (piddle) for getting caught twice this year employing Brazilian illegal workers. Is the owner some sort of nut?

Hotel porter awaiting deportation rapes TV star

A London hotel porter who had entered the UK on a student visa which had expired and was due to be deported back to India has been jailed for 10 years after raping an “extremely drunk” TV star as she slept in her room. Athough he was due for deportation, he was allowed to work as a night porter at the five-star hotel in west London.
Soby John, 25, used a colleague’s keycard to let himself into her room before sexually assaulting her. John used a latex glove as a makeshift condom and took explicit photographs on his mobile phone of his victim.
The attack took place at the Hilton London Metropole in Marylebone on 25rd October 2012 after the unnamed TV star in her early twenties had enjoyed a night out with friends in West London.

Southwark Crown Court heard how the victim now suffers with extreme anxiety, has trust issues with men, and is frightened of staying in hotels, as well as being on her own.
Lesley Jones, prosecuting, told the court: “(The victim) had woken during the night to find an Asian man on top of her having sex with her.” She said the victim “felt immobilised and unable to defend herself”, adding: “She said she felt his hand on her neck as she pushed him away but then she drifted into unconsciousness.”
Judge McCreath dismissed John’s claims the attack was due to him “floundering” in British society.
He will supposedly be deported to India after he has served his sentence. Yeah, will see!

Corpse found in NHS van in for repair.

A Scottish health board today ordered an urgent investigation after garage staff discovered a corpse in the back of an NHS vehicle taken in for repairs.
The body was discovered by mechanics in the NHS Grampian van – a specialist mortuary vehicle – after it was left for repairs at the AM Phillip commercial vehicle servicing depot in Aberdeen’s Auchmill Road.
A spokeswoman for NHS Grampian today confirmed that a member of staff had been suspended while an independent investigation is carried out into the “distressing” discovery.
For full nitty gritty click HERE

UKBA duplicating news

Remember me telling you UK Border Agency are duplicating news of arrests and sentences on their news reports. Here’s another item received today that they reported on a couple of days ago.

Dodgy ‘going ons’ down the Old Kent Road.

An accountant who helped beneficiaries of an international sham marriage gang stay in the UK illegally has been jailed.
Soloman Adekotujo, 58, of Heaton House, Heaton Road, Peckham, produced fake letters and payslips to the Home Office from European Economic Area (EEA) nationals, claiming they were exercising their treaty rights by working at his business. These so called employees were in fact part of a sham marriage ring that enabled non EEA nationals to remain in the UK illegally.
On 11th March 2013 a jury found Adekotujo guilty of conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and fraud following a six-day trial at Woolwich Crown Court. He was sentenced to five years and six months for the immigration charge and three months for the fraud charge, to run concurrently, at the same court on Friday 12th April.

When specialist investigators from the Home Office’s South London immigration crime team raided Adekotujo’s businesses – Solomon and Co, Scul Consulting and Moora Cargo Services – on the Old Kent Road in October 2012 they found letters of employment and accountancy documentation for the EEA nationals but no evidence that they had ever lived in the UK.
Officers linked Adekotujo to the sham marriage gang run by Nigerian nationals, which arranged for EEA ‘brides’ and ‘grooms’ to marry West Africans in return for cash.
All beneficiaries of the eight ‘marriages’ arranged by this criminal network have been identified and steps are being taken to remove them from the country. Officers in The Netherlands have also arrested alleged fake brides and grooms and prosecution is ongoing.

The ringleader of the ‘fixer’ gang, Waheed Salau, of Myrtle Road, Romford, is currently serving a four-and-a-half year jail sentence after admitting conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration in April 2012. Salau’s partner, Esther Obatuyi, also of Myrtle Road, was sentenced alongside him for the same offence. Accomplice Daniel Onasanya, of Lillechurch Road, Dagenham, is serving eight months for seeking leave to remain by deception.

Among those that Adekotujo falsely claimed worked for him were Dutch nationals Doanne Spanner and Soraida Decaster. Spanner was involved in a sham marriage to Salau to enable him to remain in the UK and assisted with travel arrangements as part of the criminal network. It is believed the ‘bride’ was an imposter as she and Salau never met in person.

Spanner was extradited from The Netherlands in October 2012 and sentenced to 18 months in prison after admitting conspiracy to facilitate illegal immigration in the UK.
Decaster entered a sham marriage with Onasanya, although it is believed the bride was also an imposter, and has been arrested in Holland. Neither Spanner or Decaster have ever lived in the UK despite Adekotujo producing pay slips and letters to make it seem as if they had.

More illegal workers caught

Acting on intelligence, Border Agency officers visited the Kentucky Fried Chicken branch in Acton Oaks shopping centre at around 19.30 on Friday 12th April, where they carried out immigration checks on four members of staff working there.
Two Sri Lankan men, aged 25 and 28, were found to have been in the UK illegally and were arrested for immigration offences. Both were detained pending their removal from the UK.

Meanwhile in Cheshire

Three illegal workers have been caught following raids at two addresses in Cheshire on Thursday 11th April. UKBA officers visited Wok & Go on Northgate, Chester. They checked the immigration status of the staff and found two Chinese men with no right to work in the UK. These included a 22-year-old who had overstayed his visa and a 43-year-old failed asylum seeker.
A second visit by officers to Ming Hua on Cambridge Road in Ellesmere Port revealed a 47-year-old Chinese man who had entered the UK illegally and had no right to work.
All three men were arrested and remain in immigration detention.