Posted on 03/07/2017 10:35:21 AM PST by simpson96
A British man was sentenced to three years in the slammer for modifying his van’s engine — to accommodate an Albanian woman who sought to enter the UK illegally, the Daily Mail reported.
“This was a particularly elaborate concealment and it is a demonstration of the desperate lengths that individuals — and people smugglers — are prepared to go to in their attempts to breach the UK’s border controls,” border official Paul Morgan said of the Feb. 1 incident.
Driver Nicolae Chirvas initially told authorities he had been to Romania to visit his sister — then changed his story and said he had been to Germany.
When the Moldovan national, who lives in the UK, was recently asked at the Channel Tunnel terminal in Coquelles, France, how many people were in the vehicle, he replied two.
But officials quickly put the brakes on his ruse.
“When officers flipped the hood of the van to examine the engine, they found it had been specially adapted,” Morgan said. “The whole engine had been lowered and in the void where you would normally expect to find a spare wheel, officers instead found a woman.”
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Some guys will do anything for a red-head.
Forgive my ignorance, but how is this possible without the woman becoming severely burned?
A pimp and his hooker most likely.
Albanians are white Muslims who converted to Islam rather than be raped by the Ottomans, which was the fate of the recalcitrant Serbs who now have a darker complexion.
“A pimp and his hooker most likely.”
Yeah, them Brits must really be Jonesin’ for Albanian womens.
Was she disguised as a tranny... ; p
Was she disguised as a tranny... ; p
How did a woman fit inside an engine?
All she had to do is put on a Burka and they’d pay her to come in.
Apparently, engine = engine compartment.
I was going to ask which cylinder he crammed her into.
Could have been the crankcase.
How many miles per gallon was he getting?
I think those electric engines are cheaper in the long run.
Chuckle
She was just along to charge his battery!
I’ll bet she was cranky at getting caught!
I believe the Van was parked down by the river.
Mussies no doubt
Who does he think he is? Only the government can smuggle people in illegally.
Hope she wasn’t too high on the carb intake.
First, there’d be no way to regulator.
Second, it would require too many cubic inches.
I see a battery charge in someone’s future.
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