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Inside secret police warehouse as Germany targets small boats gangs | BBC News
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2:05Now PlayingGermany has carried out its first raids under a new law to crack down on smugglers using the country as a staging post for small boat crossings on the English Channel, the BBC has learned.
More than 9,000 life jackets, dozens of dinghies and engines and 360 pumps were seized by police this spring during a joint operation involving the UK, France and Germany in the North Rhine-Westphalia region.
The dinghies and equipment are now being stored at a secret location in western Germany that the BBC was given special access to.
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