Man suspected of supplying boats for people smuggling arrested

A antheral suspected of being a important supplier of tiny boats instrumentality to radical smugglers has been arrested.

The antheral is suspected of supplying engines and boats to smugglers successful bluish France, according to the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA).

The Turkish national, 44, was arrested astatine Schipol Airport successful Amsterdam connected Wednesday, arsenic portion of an cognition involving the NCA and Dutch and Belgian partners.

He volition beryllium extradited to Belgium to look charges of quality smuggling.

Authorities said the man, who has not been named, shipped supplies from Turkey, stored them successful Germany, past transported them to bluish France.

NCA manager wide for operations Rob Jones said the antheral is thought to beryllium a "major supplier" of "highly dangerous" boats and engines to smugglers operating successful Belgium and bluish France.

More than 50 radical person died trying to transverse the English Channel successful 2024.