Police have issued a statement following the discovery of two stowaways hiding in a school coach transporting children.

The individuals, described by police as ‘possibly illegal immigrants’, were found concealed in the luggage hold of the coach, which was transporting Year 9 and 10 pupils back from a three-day school trip to Boulogne University, located approximately 20 miles south of Calais.

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