A popular curry house in Tamworth is facing a £100,000 fine after five suspected illegal immigrants were arrested during an evening raid - with officials also finding food hygiene issues.
Blue Water could be slapped with the eye-watering figure after the five men were arrested by Immigration Enforcement officers on Thursday, 5 April.
The intelligence-led visit, which happened at around 6pm, was supported by officers from Tamworth Borough Council’s Licensing team.
Immigration officers carried out checks to ensure that staff had the right to live and work in the UK. Five Bangladeshi men aged between 18 and 36 were found to have overstayed their visas. All five were arrested and detained pending removal from the country.
Blue Water Restaurant, in Silver Street, was served a civil penalty referral notice warning that a financial penalty of up to £20,000 per illegal worker found will be imposed unless the employer can demonstrate that appropriate right-to-work document checks were carried out, such as seeing a passport or Home Office document confirming permission to work. This is a potential total of up to £100,000.
