Criminals who modify vehicles to smuggle people, drugs and weapons into the UK will face five years behind bars following a string of 'sickening' cases, the Home Office said

Criminals who modify vehicles to smuggle people, drugs and weapons into the UK face five years behind bars under new laws.

Under legislation expected to get Royal Assent this week, it will be a criminal offence to create concealed spaces for traffickers to use. A Home Office minister told The Mirror that tactics used to sneak people into the country are "utterly sickening".

In June eight criminals were given a combined 20 years' in jail after a Vietnamese woman was found dangerously hidden in a cramped compartment behind a dashboard. And in September last year a smuggler was jailed for 10 years for smuggling seven

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