{"id":619795,"date":"2026-06-04T00:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/619795\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T00:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:12:10","slug":"five-people-arrested-in-immigration-raids-in-fakenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/619795\/","title":{"rendered":"Five people arrested in immigration raids in Fakenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The raids happened on May 28 at two businesses just yards apart in Norwich Street.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Three Turkish nationals were arrested at Direct Pizza, which was also issued a Civil Penalty Referral Notice, while an additional two Albanian men were arrested at Barbers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"Direct Pizza on Norwich Street in Fakenham saw multiple people arrested in an immigration bust\"\/>Direct Pizza in Norwich Street saw multiple people arrested (Image: Google)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Eyewitnesses in Fakenham said there was a tense atmosphere around the town as the raids took place.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  One person said: &#8220;The atmosphere quickly turned tense, with people stopping in the street to see what was happening.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;For many, the scenes felt more like something associated with a major city than a quiet market town like Fakenham.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"barbers was also raided in Fakenham\"\/>Barbers in Norwich Street was raided (Image: Google)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Passers-by gathered outside the affected shops to watch events unfold.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Government officials say an investigation into the businesses is under way.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The\u00a0liable\u00a0employer could\u00a0face a\u00a0substantial\u00a0fine\u00a0if\u00a0it is\u00a0found that it employed illegal workers and\u00a0failed to\u00a0conduct relevant\u00a0pre-employment checks.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The penalties can typically include fines of up to \u00a345,000 per illegal worker for an initial breach, rising to a maximum of \u00a360,000 for repeat offences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The raids happened on May 28 at two businesses just yards apart in Norwich Street. Three Turkish nationals&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-619795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}