Five immigrants working illegally were arrested during a police crackdown.

Home Office Immigration Enforcement officers made the arrests during a series of raids across the capital on May 9.

Two Nepalese men, aged 24 and 38, working in the Clapham North, Clapham Road, were arrested at 1.25pm for working in breach of their visa conditions.

Officers moved on to the Brunswick Cafe, in Wandsworth Road, Nine Elms.

A 36-year-old Bolivian man who overstayed his visa and was working in the cafe was arrested at 3.45pm.

At 5.35pm officers visited Clapham Newspoint, in Clapham Common Southside.

Two Pakistani men were arrested, which included a 41-year-old who overstayed his visa and a 21-year-old working in breach of his visa conditions.

The Home Office are now taking steps to remove the men from the country.

All of the businesses were served notices warning employers a civil penalty of up to £10,000 per illegal worker will be served, unless it is proved correct right to work checks were carried out.

Claire Shacklock, head of the Home Office Immigration Enforcement team, said: "We regularly carry out operations like this in London, and where we find people who are in the UK illegally we will seek to remove them.

"Illegal working has a serious impact on communities, undermining legitimate businesses and taking jobs from those who are genuinely allowed to work.

"We will not hesitate to take the strongest action possible against those who are in the country illegally.

"More visits like this are being planned and the message is clear.

"If you are found to have no right to be in the UK you will be removed."