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British man arrested for smuggling woman inside van's engine
New York Post ^ | 3/7/2017 | Staff

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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1 posted on 03/07/2017 10:35:21 AM PST by simpson96
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To: simpson96

Some guys will do anything for a red-head.


2 posted on 03/07/2017 10:37:53 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: simpson96

Forgive my ignorance, but how is this possible without the woman becoming severely burned?


3 posted on 03/07/2017 10:39:41 AM PST by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

A pimp and his hooker most likely.


4 posted on 03/07/2017 10:40:38 AM PST by lodi90
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To: simpson96

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.


5 posted on 03/07/2017 10:41:51 AM PST by Praxeologue
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To: lodi90

“A pimp and his hooker most likely.”

Yeah, them Brits must really be Jonesin’ for Albanian womens.


6 posted on 03/07/2017 10:43:47 AM PST by PLMerite
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Was she disguised as a tranny... ; p


7 posted on 03/07/2017 10:46:42 AM PST by broken_clock (Go Trump!)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Was she disguised as a tranny... ; p


8 posted on 03/07/2017 10:46:47 AM PST by broken_clock (Go Trump!)
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To: simpson96

How did a woman fit inside an engine?


9 posted on 03/07/2017 10:47:41 AM PST by Gamecock (Twitter: What a real democracy looks like.)
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To: simpson96

All she had to do is put on a Burka and they’d pay her to come in.


10 posted on 03/07/2017 10:48:10 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: simpson96

Apparently, engine = engine compartment.

I was going to ask which cylinder he crammed her into.


11 posted on 03/07/2017 10:50:26 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Best. Election. EVER!)
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To: Mr. Douglas

Could have been the crankcase.


12 posted on 03/07/2017 10:54:30 AM PST by AFreeBird
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To: simpson96

How many miles per gallon was he getting?

I think those electric engines are cheaper in the long run.


13 posted on 03/07/2017 10:57:22 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: broken_clock

Chuckle


14 posted on 03/07/2017 11:02:47 AM PST by lacrew
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To: simpson96

She was just along to charge his battery!


15 posted on 03/07/2017 11:08:28 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: AFreeBird

I’ll bet she was cranky at getting caught!


16 posted on 03/07/2017 11:23:31 AM PST by Bartholomew Roberts (The point was that there are so many different ......)
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To: DannyTN

I believe the Van was parked down by the river.


17 posted on 03/07/2017 11:29:32 AM PST by ohioman
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To: simpson96

Mussies no doubt


18 posted on 03/07/2017 11:36:18 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: simpson96

Who does he think he is? Only the government can smuggle people in illegally.


19 posted on 03/07/2017 11:57:16 AM PST by Smellin Salt
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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.


20 posted on 03/07/2017 12:23:58 PM PST by Migraine (Diversity is great- -- until it happens to YOU.)
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