Six immigration offenders are to be deported after they were arrested by Border Agency officials investigating weddings at registration offices.
The six were all found to have overstayed their visas and have been detained while steps are taken to remove them from the UK, the Border Agency said.
The intelligence-led operation took place on October 9 and 10 at registration offices in Gretna, Langholm and Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, where weddings were scheduled to take place.
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