Eleven Indian citizens have been arrested during surprise raids by Britain's immigration officers in two factories in the west Midlands, official sources here said.
UK Border Agency officers yesterday morning paid an unannounced visit to a factory in Wednesbury and at the company's sister site in Wolverhampton.
Eight Indian men were arrested at the Wednesbury site and three more from Wolverhampton after checks showed that they had no right to work in the UK.
The company was issued with a potential fine of up to 10,000 pounds unless it can prove that it carried out proper pre-employment checks. The sources said that action will now be taken to remove the illegal workers from the UK as soon as possible.
Alice Hopkins, from the UK Border Agency West Midlands, said: "Foreign nationals who are in this country illegally should be in no doubt that they will be found, arrested and removed from the UK."
She added: "Companies that think they can undercut competitors by employing illegal workers should be warned that they will face heavy fines and possible prosecution."
