London: Thirty-nine bodies were found on Wednesday near London in the container of a truck, which came from Bulgaria, the UK police said. A 25-year-old driver from Northern Ireland has been arrested on suspicion of murder of the 39 people, they said.

The bodies were found in his truck in Essex, south-east England. Essex Police said they were called by the local ambulance service shortly before 1:40 local time after the discovery at Waterglade Industrial Park in Eastern Avenue, Grays.