Barzan Majeed said he had allegedly smuggled thousands of people
The National Crime Agency said on X, formerly Twitter, that Barzan Majeed was arrested in the Kurdish region of Northern Iraq. Majeed, nicknamed the Scorpion, was heavily involved in the people-smuggling trade - in boats and lorries - across the English Channel for several years with his gang.
His arrest comes shortly after the BBC interviewed Majeed where he said he had smuggled “maybe a thousand, maybe 10,000. I don’t know, I didn’t count".READ MORE: Dodgy Amazon Fire TV Stick crackdown could lead to home raids A spokesperson for the NCA said Majeed, who had previously lived in Nottingham, was the subject of a wanted appeal in November 2022 after he was convicted of people smuggling offences in his absence in Belgium, following a joint UK-Belgian investigation.
He was detained by Kurdish regional security forces on Sunday, May 12. The NCA said its international network remains in contact with partners in connection with the investigation. In a statement, a spokesperson for the NCA said: "We are grateful to the @BBCNews for highlighting his case, and remain determined to do all we can to disrupt and dismantle the criminal networks involved in smuggling people to the UK, wherever they operate."
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