Vietnamese nationals arrested in UK after joint operation

National Crime Agency officers take a Vietnamese woman into custody. — Courtesy of the NCA

HANOI: Four Vietnamese nationals have been arrested as part of a major joint UK-French investigation into alleged small boats people smugglers advertising crossings on Facebook.

Britain’s National Crime Agency said a woman aged 23 and three men aged 64, 34 and 25 were taken into custody last week after they were picked up at addresses in London, Croydon and Leicester.