A man and woman, both 38 were taken into custody by Essex Police from Warrington, Cheshire, after warrants were carried out. The two persons have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic, after 39 people were found dead in a refrigerated lorry in Essex.
The Police are still questioning the lorry driver who was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of murder. The bodies were found in a container at an industrial estate in Grays on Wednesday.
Police are still questioning the driver, Mo Robinson.
Meanwhile, the Chinese embassy in London issued a statement on Friday saying it has not yet confirmed the nationality of the victims.
“The police said that they are verifying the identities of the deceased, whose nationality still cannot be confirmed,” the statement said.
A team led by the minister-counsellor in charge of consular affairs had been sent to Essex to liaise with the police on the case, it said.
The tragedy was discovered on Wednesday when British police found the 39 bodies inside a shipping container on the back of a truck at an industrial estate in Essex.
The container is thought to have travelled from Bulgaria via Belgium, while the truck that carried it from the British port to the industrial estate is believed to have started its journey in Northern Ireland.
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