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UK Border Agency spokesperson confirms all five were arrested

Five illegal immigrants have been caught trying to enter the UK on trucks operated by Bernie Ecclestone's Formula One Management company.

The canvas-sided trucks were returning to Biggin Hill headquarters in Kent from the recent Monaco grand prix carrying F1's broadcasting equipment.

The immigrants are believed to have boarded the canvas-sided truck at Calais and were discovered by the driver once he arrived at Biggin Hill.

A UK Border Agency spokesperson confirmed all five were arrested.

A FOM spokesman said: "This is the first time we have had such a problem."

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