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Oldham man who tried to smuggle people into the UK inside sofas jailed

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For the latest Oldham news sign up to the MyOldham newsletter here A man who was caught trying to smuggle people into the UK inside sofas has been jailed.

Arman Yusuf Rahmani, 21, was once granted asylum in the UK after entering the country in the back of a lorry. But within two years, the Iranian national had established a criminal network to facilitate foreign nationals illegally entering the country, the Home Office said.

Rahman, of Oldham, arranged for people to be hidden inside the base of second-hand sofas before being collected and transported from France or Belgium by oblivious 'man with van' drivers.

Between December 2018 and April 2019, Preston Crown Court heard he hired six different drivers advertising their services on social

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