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Illegal immigrants run off as police stop lorry in Cambridgeshire Illegal immigrants detained as police stop lorry in Cambridgeshire
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Sixteen illegal immigrants have been found in the back of a lorry on the A14 in Cambridgeshire. Twenty-four illegal immigrants have been found in the back of a lorry on the A14 in Cambridgeshire.
Police said at least eight other people have fled the scene on the westbound carriageway, at Girton. Police said 22 people were detained at a westbound layby by the crematorium just before Bar Hill.
The road is closed and a police helicopter is also at the scene at junction 31. They are all adults and believed to be Iranian or Kurdish. Fourteen have been taken to Thorpe Wood police station in Peterborough and eight are being detained at King's Lynn.
The East of England Ambulance service said it was called just after 09:30 GMT and two ambulance crews and a hazardous area response team are in attendance. Two were unwell and were taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
Updates on this story and others from Cambridgeshire
One lane of the road is still closed at junction 31 near Girton
Cambridgeshire Police said they arrived at the scene at about 10:00 GMT.
Officers originally said a number of those in the lorry had run off but it is now understood everyone has been accounted for.
The East of England Ambulance service was called just after 09:30 GMT and sent two ambulance crews and a hazardous area response team.