The bodies were found inside a lorry trailer in Essex. Credit: PA

Marius Mihai Draghici, 49, is accused of being a leading organiser in a gang responsible for the deaths of the Vietnamese nationals in October 2019.

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Marius Mihai Draghici
Credit: Essex Police

Marius Mihai Draghici was arrested as part of the investigation into the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in Essex in 2019.

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Essex Police want to find Marius Mihai Draghici as part of the investigation into the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants in 2019.

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Ronan Hughes, 42, and Gheorghe Nica, 44, were jailed earlier this year over the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants.

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The National Crime Agency (NCA) said that the Vietnamese national, who is not being named, was detained at the site just off the A66 at about 1pm on Thursday.

Man arrested at Middlesbrough fuel station in connection with Essex lorry deaths

A man has been arrested at a petrol station in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants found in a lorry in Essex.

Man arrested at petrol station in connection with Essex lorry deaths

File photo dated 23/10/19 of police and forensic officers at the Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, Essex, after 39 bodies of Vietnamese migrants were found inside the lorry on the industrial estate. Four men are due to go on trial this week for their alleged part in a people-smuggling plot linked to the deaths of 39 migrants.


A man has been arrested in Italy in connection with the deaths of 39 migrants found in a lorry in Essex

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The 18-year-old is accused of being involved in a people smuggling ring which led to the deaths of 39 migrants in a container in Essex

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File photo dated 23/10/19 of police and forensic officers at the Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, Essex, after 39 bodies of Vietnamese migrants were found inside the lorry on the industrial estate. Four people-smugglers could be facing life sentences for the manslaughter of 39 migrants who died in the back of a trailer.


The bodies were found in a lorry container in Grays in Essex in 2019

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In a special report, ITV News London Correspondents Chloe Keedy, who has been following the investigation, looks back at how the tragedy folded.

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Police have established that all 39 people discovered dead in the trailer of a lorry in Essex were Chinese nationals.

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