Shocking moment seven migrants are discovered hiding in lorry after arriving in Britain as driver arrested

THIS is the moment seven migrants are found in the back of a lorry after arriving into the UK as the driver is arrested for people smuggling. A bystander captured the moment people climb out of the vehicle, with one man being handcuffed on the pavement nearby. Officers open the truck to find men inside Credit: X/@britmatters Police confirmed seven individuals were travelling inside the lorry Credit: X/@britmatters The footage shows police surrounding the back of a yellow HGV in Hertfordshire on Thursday. Someone in the background can be heard asking “What’s going on?” as officials encourage people to stop filming. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! One man in high-vis then opens the back of the truck, before the individuals begin to climb out. The men seen exiting the vehicle were dressed in tracksuits as they climbed down to waiting officers. The driver was arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal entry Credit: X/@britmatters The men climb down to waiting officers Credit: X/@britmatters Another man can also be seen in handcuffs on a nearby pavement. Hertfordshire Police has now confirmed seven people were detained after being found in the lorry. The driver, in his 30s, was arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal entry. This comes after a teen was jailed for piloting an overcrowded mega-dinghy that carried 165 people on board. Most read in The Sun Chan Atak, 19, risked the lives of a record number of passengers – including 31 children as young as 14 – on the Channel crossing on July 23. The 14m boat had two outboard engines but one was not working, while tubing had started to deflate, a court heard. Aerial footage shows one person “constantly pumping” to try to re-inflate the rigid-hulled inflatable boat. The dinghy also had no navigation, emergency signalling or firefighting equipment, and had “fuel containers and batteries stored together, creating a fire risk”. Atak, from South Sudan, was also picked up on aerial footage operating the boat for 90 minutes wearing a black jacket with an “Italia” logo. He then crouched down among other passengers and took off his jacket “to avoid detection as the helmsman”, prosecutor James Harrison said. Atak pleaded guilty to the single offence of endangering others during a Channel crossing, and was jailed for two years and three months at Canterbury Crown Court. Judge Sarah Counsell said: “Crossings of this nature are inherently dangerous. “Small inflatable vessels of the type commonly used for these crossings are not designed for offshore sea voyages. “Those who choose to steer such vessels assume responsibility for the safety of those on board.”