Man jailed for smuggling woman and child into UK
Dawid Flis was sentenced to four years in prison and will be deported after serving his sentence
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A man who smuggled a woman and her six-year-old child into the UK in a lorry has been jailed.
Polish national Dawid Flis was arrested by the National Crime Agency (NCA) on 23 March after he arrived from the Hook of Holland into the Port of Killingholme in North Lincolnshire.
The woman told investigators she had agreed to pay €25,000 (£21,630) for the journey, of which she had already paid €12,500 (£10,810).
Fils, 37, was jailed for four years at Grimsby Crown Court earlier and will be deported after serving his sentence.
Border Force offers, who were working with the NCA, found the woman and child, both Albanian nationals, in the bunk area of the driver's cab.
Fils pleaded guilty to facilitating illegal immigration when he appeared at the same court on 20 June.
NCA branch commander Sara Moore said: "Dawid Flis abused his position as a lorry driver to attempt to smuggle a woman and child into the UK.
"Tackling organised immigration crime is a priority for the NCA and we will continue in our pursuit of individuals who are involved in this criminality at every step of the chain."
Another man arrested as part of the same incident had been extradited to Italy. A second is still on bail.
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