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Man thought to have walked entire Channel tunnel stopped by police at exit
Source: The Guardian and agencies
Man thought to have walked entire Channel tunnel stopped by police at exit
Caroline Davies and agencies
Thursday 6 August 2015 16.27 BST
A suspected illegal immigrant is understood to have walked almost the entire length of the 31-mile (50km) Channel tunnel from France before being apprehended by Kent police close to the tunnel exit at Folkestone.
The man, who is a Sudanese national, was detected inside the tunnel less than 1km from the Folkestone terminal at 6.13pm on Tuesday.
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Eurotunnel’s detection systems had identified an intrusion near the tunnel entrance in France early on Tuesday. As soon as the alarm was raised, Eurotunnel closed the French entrance and police were called to conduct a search.
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The man was intercepted in one of the two railway tunnels, rather than the service tunnel which runs through the middle. He was arrested by the Channel tunnel police and a full service through the tunnel was resumed in the late afternoon.
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Caroline Davies and agencies
Thursday 6 August 2015 16.27 BST
A suspected illegal immigrant is understood to have walked almost the entire length of the 31-mile (50km) Channel tunnel from France before being apprehended by Kent police close to the tunnel exit at Folkestone.
The man, who is a Sudanese national, was detected inside the tunnel less than 1km from the Folkestone terminal at 6.13pm on Tuesday.
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Eurotunnel’s detection systems had identified an intrusion near the tunnel entrance in France early on Tuesday. As soon as the alarm was raised, Eurotunnel closed the French entrance and police were called to conduct a search.
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The man was intercepted in one of the two railway tunnels, rather than the service tunnel which runs through the middle. He was arrested by the Channel tunnel police and a full service through the tunnel was resumed in the late afternoon.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/06/man-thought-walked-entire-channel-tunnel-stopped-folkestone-exit
