Spalding police have arrested six men on suspicion of being illegal immigrants.
The arrests were made at 2pm this afternoon (Wednesday) outside the Texaco service station next to McDonald’s in Holbeach Road.
A spokesman for the police said the men were found inside the lorry and taken to the custody suite in Boston to be interviewed by officials from the UK Border Agency.
Who informed police and how the men came to be in the lorry is not yet known.