Four immigration offenders have been arrested by Home Office Immigration Enforcement officers at a restaurant in Driffield.
Acting on intelligence, officers visited Muskan Spice in Market Place, Driffield on the evening of Wednesday 5 June last week.
Checks revealed that four Bangladeshi men had no permission to be in the UK.
Three of the men, aged 40, 29, and 23 had entered the UK illegally. A 35 year old had overstayed his visa. All four men were taken into immigration detention where they remain pending their removal from the UK.
Three of the men were encountered working illegally and the business now faces a potential fine of up to £30,000 to £10,000 per illegal worker, unless it can demonstrate that appropriate pre-employment checks were carried out such as seeing a passport or Home Office document.
A previous visit to Muskan Spice in February last year resulted in the arrest of two other immigration offenders. A fine of £5,000 was imposed on the business for employing them.
Colin Flynn, of Home Office Immigration Enforcement, said: “We are working hard to track down and remove from the country those who seek to abuse the UK’s immigration laws.
“Operations like this are carried out regularly and we have no intention of slowing down.
“The public can be a huge help in our work and I urge people with information about suspected immigration abuse to get in touch.”
Anyone with information about immigration crime can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 anonymously or visit crimestoppers-uk.org
Employers can find information at ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/business-sponsors/preventing-illegal-working/