Four asylum seekers from Iraq have been found in the back of a lorry near Chichester.

The men were discovered hiding in the back of a Spanish-registered lorry which was making a delivery to a farm in the village of Runcton, near Chichester.

A police spokesman said: "The four men all Iraqi nationals were arrested after noises were heard coming from the back of the lorry."

The men have been taken to a Home Office immigration centre in Middlesex for questioning.

Ten days ago three Polish nationals were arrested after being seen jumping from the back of a German lorry delivering to the Quarry Lane industrial estate at Chichster.