Antonio Soprano says he was told to walk to a McDonald’s for food as there was none at Sevington
Antonio Soprano was stopped under new Brexit rules requiring some lorries transporting plant and animal goods from the continent to be checked.Antonio Soprano was stopped under new Brexit rules requiring some lorries transporting plant and animal goods from the continent to be checked.An Italian lorry driver has described the UK’s new post-Brexit controls as a “mess” after his lorry was held at a government-run border post for more than two days.
Soprano, who drives for the Italian haulage company Marini, was taking a lorry full of plants from Italian suppliers to companies across Britain when he was ordered to drive the 22 miles from Dover to the Sevington border post for inspection.He says that when he arrived at the facility he was immediately ushered to a waiting area and ordered to wait, with border officials taking his keys.
The lorry was held because of concerns about 10 Prunus lusitanica plants in the load, which border officials thought could be carrying harmful pests. Officials eventually signed off the plants and allowed the vehicle to be released just after 1am on 29 May, about 55 hours after it arrived.Get set for the working day – we'll point you to all the business news and analysis you need every morningProhibited from spending the night at Sevington and having to find a place to rest due to EU driver regulations, Soprano had to park in the McDonald’s car park as the nearest lorry park was full.
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