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Lorries searched for people at Oxford service station FORTY lorries were searched at Oxford service station in a police operation to stop people smuggling. Thames Valley Police officers worked with Border Force and Immigration Enforcement to stop HGV drivers and tell them about how lorries being driven from ports into the UK may be targeted by organised criminals looking to get illegal immigrants into the country. Over the five days last week, 275 hauliers were stopped at service stations at Newport Pagnell, Chieveley, Waterstock, Beaconsfield and Reading. No humans were found in any of the lorries during the searches but after checks it was revealed that 22 of them had unpaid clandestine fines for previously being found with people on the lorry at border crossings.