Turkish national accused of supplying engines and boats to cross-Channel smugglers in Belgium and northern France

A suspected major supplier of small boats used by human traffickers to transport asylum seekers across the Channel has been arrested in Amsterdam, police said on Thursday.

A 44-year-old Turkish national was arrested on Wednesday after arriving at Schiphol airport, the European agency Eurojust said, adding that the suspect is due to be extradited to Belgium to face charges of being involved in human trafficking as part of a criminal organisation.