A man suspected of being a significant supplier of small boats equipment to people smugglers has been arrested.
The man is suspected of supplying engines and boats to smugglers in northern France, according to the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA).
The Turkish national, 44, was arrested at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on Wednesday, as part of an operation involving the NCA and Dutch and Belgian partners.
He will be extradited to Belgium to face charges of human smuggling.
