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Six to be deported after fake marriage raids

SIX people face deportation from the UK following a police swoop on an area known as Scotland's wedding capital in a major investigation into bogus marriages.

UK Borders Agency staff arrested brides and grooms from Pakistan, India and Africa as they prepared to take their vows at registry offices in Gretna, Langholm and Moffat. All had overstayed their visas and had travelled from London to Scotland to get married on October 9 and 10.

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