Police have released a statement after two stowaways were found hiding in a school coach.
The two men, described by police as ‘possibly illegal immigrants’, were found in the luggage hold of the coach full of children yesterday evening.
The coach had been carrying children Year 9 and 10 pupils, who had just come back from a three-day school trip visiting Boulogne University about 20 miles south of Calais.
Just as the children were leaving the coach, the hold doors were opened and the two men, described in their early 20s, were found.
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Police have now said they were called just before 5.15pm on Saturday that two ‘possible illegal immigrants’ had been found at Hounsdown School in Totton.
Hampshire police confirmed that officers attended but that no arrests were made.
A mum, who chose not to be named, described the moment the two men were found as "horrendous".
She added: "[My son's] luggage was covered in urine and his belongings crumpled by one of the men being on top of it!"
The police’s full statement said: “We were called just before 05:15pm on Saturday 10 February to reports that two people, who were possibly illegal immigrants, had been found at Hounsdown School in Totton.
“Officers have attended. No arrests have been made.”
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