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The French authorities arrested a person inside the Channel Tunnel.
A Eurotunnel spokesperson did not confirm that the person was a prisoner, but said: “Eurotunnel can confirm that a person was detected within the Channel Tunnel and detained by French authorities.
“As there is now a criminal procedure, we cannot comment further at this time.”
The Daily Mirror quoted French sources as saying the person was a 31-year-old escaped British prisoner who had been trying to walk along the tunnel into France.
The prisoner had been seen disappearing into the Folkestone tunnel in Kent, according to the report.
Police on both sides of the tunnel were alerted and French officials eventually found the prisoner.
The man was arrested on December 21, according to the Mirror report, and appeared in a French court last Wednesday.
He was placed in preventive detention and will appear again in court in February.
The tunnel carries Eurostar passenger trains and Eurotunnel Shuttle for vehicles.
Trains travel at speeds of up to 100 mph in the tunnel.
