Thirty nine bodies discovered in container in Essex

[Tony]

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/britain/thirty-nine-bodies-discovered-in-container-in-essex-driver-25-from-northern-ireland-arrested-police-38623799.html

[mercenary for hire]

25 is very young to be allowed drive one of them rigs.I would have thought insurance would be mental.

[Tony]

25 is very young to be allowed drive one of them rigs.I would have thought insurance would be mental.

Its hard to get decent drivers like meself so companies are taking on anyone that says they have a licence, BTW i was driving them from the age of 18

[john m]

People trafficers Insurance not a problen imigrants probably paying up to 10K a head .RIP

[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

were they escaping the freedom that was brought to their country courtesy of the US and the UK.

[dalymount]

RIP 39   poor souls

[Octavia1]

Wud you go into a sealed container without oxygen ?
Wud yu put yur head in an oven ?

[Tony]

Wud you go into a sealed container without oxygen ?
Wud yu put yur head in an oven ?

Its the innocent driver i feel sorry for, the poor chat was only doing a days work

[Belker]

Wud you go into a sealed container without oxygen ?
Wud yu put yur head in an oven ?

Its the innocent driver i feel sorry for, the poor chat was only doing a days work

@ Tony, serious question, would a truck driver not know what load he was carrying ?

I don't know anything about your old game but I would imagine no driver would be asked to drive 39 people through various ports without being told in advance ?

[Tony]

I've picked up many a trailer in different ports and never knew what was in them till they reached their final destination, paper work can say one thing but the cargo may be different, if i was to pick up a container without a seal id check the paperwork to see if it was sent out that way, if not i wouldn't leave the port / haulage yard/ or whatever storage place it was in without getting the proper documentation signed to say unsealed  by whoever was in charge.
But that was many moons ago ken,  its very easy to blame the driver pulling the trailer in this case and i for one wouldn't blame him.
The headlines of driver arrested on suspicion of mass murder is a discrace, the poor man will never be the same again mentality and all the keyboard warriors and the media out there  calling him all kinda names is wrong in my opinion.

[john m]

Follow the money ..they will check out the owner and drivers to see if their lifestyle is above their wage packet .People smuggling is more profitable than drugs .They could put a stop to it easily if they fined employers who employ illegals thousands per worker .These migrants wouldnt be in a hurry to come to Europe if there was no financial reward for them .Governments are promoting illegals by offering asylum if you can get here or there .

[Belker]

I've picked up many a trailer in different ports and never knew what was in them till they reached their final destination, paper work can say one thing but the cargo may be different, if i was to pick up a container without a seal id check the paperwork to see if it was sent out that way, if not i wouldn't leave the port / haulage yard/ or whatever storage place it was in without getting the proper documentation signed to say unsealed  by whoever was in charge.
But that was many moons ago ken,  its very easy to blame the driver pulling the trailer in this case and i for one wouldn't blame him.
The headlines of driver arrested on suspicion of mass murder is a discrace, the poor man will never be the same again mentality and all the keyboard warriors and the media out there  calling him all kinda names is wrong in my opinion.

Thanks fer the input El Tonio, I don't read anything on social media. But as an ex-trucker yourself, is it possible or could he possibly be that stoopid that he didn't know what he was hauling ?
We all know our own game inside out, it aint that hard to spot a Bad One ?

[Tony]

The drivers home and business premises were raided yesterday looking for such stuff john, as of this morning he's still being held in custody, so not looking too good for him at the moment.
Looking through various trucking sites a lot of people reckon he's innocent. He only picked up the trailer 40 minutes before hand.

[Tony]

I've picked up many a trailer in different ports and never knew what was in them till they reached their final destination, paper work can say one thing but the cargo may be different, if i was to pick up a container without a seal id check the paperwork to see if it was sent out that way, if not i wouldn't leave the port / haulage yard/ or whatever storage place it was in without getting the proper documentation signed to say unsealed  by whoever was in charge.
But that was many moons ago ken,  its very easy to blame the driver pulling the trailer in this case and i for one wouldn't blame him.
The headlines of driver arrested on suspicion of mass murder is a discrace, the poor man will never be the same again mentality and all the keyboard warriors and the media out there  calling him all kinda names is wrong in my opinion.

Thanks fer the input El Tonio, I don't read anything on social media. But as an ex-trucker yourself, is it possible or could he possibly be that stoopid that he didn't know what he was hauling ?
We all know our own game inside out, it aint that hard to spot a Bad One ?

Yes ken, many a time ive hauled goods and didn't know what was in the container

[Belker]

In the truckers defence, no driver would take a cargo of 39 people in a container and allow them no air.
If'n the trucker had of known his cargo then most likely he would have make sure they had air ?
As he had nothing to gain from them all dying.

The worst of it all is the traffickers who put them in the container and got paid will most likely walk free.