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'Illegal immigrants' found inside lorry on M6 Toll

Eleven suspected illegal immigrants were found in the back of a lorry on the M6 Toll.

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The M6 Toll

The group were treated for dehydration after being discovered near Norton Canes at around 8.15pm on Monday.

All were assessed but none needed hospital treatment, motorway police said.

The eleven were arrested on suspected immigration offences.

West Midlands Ambulance Service sent its Hazardous Area Response Team to the scene.

None of the men needed hospital treatment.

Paramedic Rob Marsh said the men had been treated for dehydration.