TWO men arrested after immigration officers carried out a raid on a Post Office are set to be deported from the UK.
Residents in Kelvedon watched on as a Home Office enforcement team descended on the village's Post Office, in High Street, on Wednesday afternoon.
The raid was carried out at around 2.15pm, with two Indian men arrested and detained for immigration offences.
Passing shoppers said they were told the shop would be closed for 45 minutes while officers carried out their work.
A Home Office spokesman told the Gazette a 21-year-old man was arrested for overstaying his visa, while a second man, aged 43, was arrested for breaching his visa conditions.
The Government department confirmed both men were taken into police custody after raid, before the pair were transferred to an immigration removal centre.
They are being held at the centre pending their removal from the UK.
The Home Office said it has served the business with “a notice of potential liability”.
The department added: “This has been referred to the Civil Penalties team for continued action.”
The Gazette contacted Post Office for comment, but did not receive a response at the time of going to press.
A Home Office spokesman said: “The government is tackling illegal immigration and the harm it causes by removing those with no right to be in the UK.
“We continue to work with law enforcement agencies to tackle illegal migration in all its forms.
“Our Nationality and Borders Act will fix the broken system; making it fair to those in genuine need and firm on those who seek to abuse it.”
On Wednesday, Home Secretary Suella Braverman joined police on an immigration raid in Banbury, Oxfordshire, just hours before resigning from Liz Truss's cabinet.
The minister joined officers from the National Crime Agency on a dawn raid, which was described as a “proactive investigation" in response to intelligence that Albanian organised crime groups were acting as brokers.
In her resignation letter, Ms Braverman accepted she sent an official document from her personal email to a 'trusted parliamentary colleague' in breach of the rules - and expressed concerns about the 'direction of this government'.
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