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This is the truck driver who was busted Wednesday with 39 bodies in the back of his container in Britain, according to numerous UK reports.

Mo Robinson was named by local media in Northern Ireland as the 25-year-old who was arrested on suspicion of murder following the sickening early-hours find.

His Facebook page is plastered with pictures of trucks — including recent images of what looks identical to the death cab found in Essex.

At Robinson’s County Armagh home, his girlfriend’s visibly shaken brother said they hadn’t “heard from him” and “don’t know what is going on,” reported BelfastLive, one of the first to identify him.

A woman collecting clothes and dogs from the house said they did not want to comment.

The Guardian also cited “local police and community sources” as identifying Robinson as the driver, noting the matching details of his Facebook trucks with the one found in Essex.

Northern Ireland’s police service confirmed on Twitter that it was “supporting Essex Police in its investigation into the murder of 39 people.”

The Swedish-made Scania truck is registered in Bulgaria to a company owned by a woman from Ireland, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said.

Police move the lorry container where bodies were discovered, in Grays, Essex, Britain.ReutersPolice move the lorry container where bodies were discovered, in Grays, Essex, Britain.Reuters

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson joined others in blaming human traffickers for the deaths, which included at least one teenager.

“All such traders in human beings should be hunted down and brought to justice,” Johnson told Parliament on Wednesday, calling it “an unimaginable tragedy and truly heart-breaking.”

The National Crime Agency said its specialists were working to “urgently identify and take action against any organized crime groups who have played a role in causing these deaths.”

Police now believe the truck came via the Belgian port of Zeebrugge and docked in Essex just after midnight, getting picked up at 1:05 a.m.

“The driver of the lorry, a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland, remains in custody having been arrested on suspicion of murder,” Essex police said.

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