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Hereford and Worcester police have arrested an Asian man accused of being the 'gangmaster', supplying labour to farms run by Simms and Woods Ltd.
At the farm, more than 100 Asian men and women were employed trimming, wrapping and packing vegetables for market. Thirty-one were arrested on suspicion of being illegal immigrants or working in breach of entry conditions. Sixty others were questioned about alleged benefits fraud. The youngest person questioned was aged 12 and the oldest 85. One woman interviewed said that she takes home £10 a day. 'Work like this does not bother me. We are from farming people in India and are used to squatting in the fields,' said Mrs Kaur.
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