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A lorry driver found with handguns and bullets in his vehicle as he entered the UK has been jailed for eight years.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) had said 10 Heckler and Koch P2000 pistols and 250 rounds of ammunition were found in David Abeles' lorry on 1 September.

The 46-year-old Czech national had just arrived at the port of Killingholme, in North Lincolnshire, on a transport ship from the Netherlands.

At Leeds Crown Court, he admitted possessing firearms and ammunition.

Tom Barford, a senior investigating officer at NCA, said: "The pistols imported by Abeles were fully functioning firearms packaged with ammunition.

"To organised criminals, this would have provided a ready-to-use weapon capable of ending lives.

"Handguns such as these, along with shotguns, are the most commonly used firearms in the UK. We know they are strongly linked to drugs supply and are used by criminal gangs to intimidate rivals and enforce control."