Dutch police have arrested a suspected major supplier of small boats to human traffickers in Belgium and northern France, used to smuggle people across the Channel to the United Kingdom, the European justice body Eurojust said in a statement on Thursday.

A 44-year-old Turkish national has been arrested in Amsterdam as UK, Dutch and Belgian investigators swooped in a major operation to tackle deadly Channel crossings

A man suspected of being a significant supplier of small boats equipment to people smugglers has been arrested. The man is suspected of supplying engines and boats to smugglers in northern France, according to the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA).

The Turkish national, 44, is suspected of shipping engines and boats to Germany, where they were stored before they were needed for use.

A 44-year-old Turkish man suspected of being a supplier of small boats has been arrested in what has been described as a “significant piece of the jigsaw” in tackling Channel migrant crossings.

Pistiwan Jameel described migrants as "pigeons" or "sticks" as he facilitated illegal crossings.

A man suspected of being a significant supplier of small boats to people smugglers operating across the English Channel has been arrested. The Turkish national was detained by police at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam on Wednesday, as part of an operation involving the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and Dutch and Belgian partners.

Law enforcement agencies in the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands have arrested a "major supplier" of small boats and engines to criminal people smugglers. The suspect, a Turkish national, was arrested after arriving at Amsterdam airport.

The arrest in Amsterdam is a "significant piece of the jigsaw" in tackling Channel crossings, says Keir Starmer.