Jet-ski peoplesmugglers face jail

People-smugglers behind a hare-brained scheme to bring migrants across the English Channel on jet-skis are facing jail.

At least 18 people were transported from near Calais to Dymchurch in Kent in dangerously overcrowded inflatable boats designed for six.

When the rigid-hulled inflatable boats got into trouble, the gang turned to the alternative of a three-person jet-ski.

Six men from the Kent-based transport gang and their Albanian “travel agents” were convicted.