Criminals swerving inland border controls to bring illegal meat into UK

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So-called ‘drive-bys’ of ‘disease-risk’ illegal meat and plant products – where vehicles swerved the facility after being directed there from Dover – rose from 8% last August to 18% in November

Criminal gangs are exploiting lax surveillance at Dover and bypassing its inland Border Control Post (BCP) at Sevington to bring illegal meat and plant products into the UK, the Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has warned. 

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