Home Office Minister visits Heathrow

THERESA MAY, the new Home Secretary has visited Heathrow T5.  Here she met frontline officers from the UK Border Agency and was given a chance to see the latest detection technology in action.  During her visit she saw staff as they checked passports and quizzed passengers.  She also watched a demonstration by detection dogs, saw forgery detection equipment and looked on as officers used the latest technology to search bags for hidden smuggled substances.  A briefing was also given by the Operation Paladin Unit, a joint UK Border Agency and Metropolitan Police team working at the (technical) border and the other side of the controls (i.e. within the UK) to identify child victims of trafficking and prosecute facilitators. www.homeoffice.gov.uk

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