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| About 27 'migrants' found in French lorry on A1 | About 27 'migrants' found in French lorry on A1 |
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| About 27 people believed to be migrants have been found in the back of a French lorry on the A1 in Cambridgeshire. | About 27 people believed to be migrants have been found in the back of a French lorry on the A1 in Cambridgeshire. |
| Police stopped the vehicle northbound between Wittering and Stamford earlier. | Police stopped the vehicle northbound between Wittering and Stamford earlier. |
| The lorry driver has been arrested on suspicion of facilitating immigration. A Cambridgeshire Police spokesman said about 27 people found in the lorry had also been detained by officers. | The lorry driver has been arrested on suspicion of facilitating immigration. A Cambridgeshire Police spokesman said about 27 people found in the lorry had also been detained by officers. |
| Five people had been taken to hospital, and the others were assessed at the scene, the ambulance service said. | |
| Three ambulances, four ambulance officers and a hazardous area response team were sent to the Great North Road north of Peterborough at about 11:55 BST, an East of England Ambulance Service spokeswoman said. | |
| "About 25 people" were assessed by staff, who took five of them to hospital, she added. | |
| No further details are known about the people inside the lorry at this time. | |
| The vehicle has been escorted to the Haddon Services area off junction 17 of the A1, police said. |