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Army descend on Folkestone Eurotunnel terminal following bomb threat
KentOnline / KMTV
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08/09/2023
Following severe delays, all Le Shuttle services have started running again. The incident is not being linked to the on-going search for escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife.
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First tonight, explosive experts and the British Army have been called to the Eurotunnel terminal
00:05
today following reports of a suspicious vehicle. All the shuttle services have started running
00:11
again in the past hour but there are still severe delays. The incident is not being linked
00:17
to the ongoing search for escaped prisoner Daniel Khalif. Gabriel Morris joins me live
00:22
now in Folkestone. Gabriel, what more do we know this evening?
00:26
Well, Abbie, it's been another day of delays, particularly on the M20 with BROC Zero in
00:33
force and the incident earlier today at the Eurotunnel. However, I have to say things
00:39
are looking up. You can see the traffic is starting to clear in the last hour or so.
00:44
Services have resumed on the shuttle services. But this incident all happened at 10.30am
00:51
this morning. A suspicious vehicle was stopped at the Channel Tunnel terminal here in Folkestone.
00:57
Explosive experts and the British Army attended the scene and a cordon was in place. A fire
01:02
examination was carried out and a remote bomb vehicle was brought into the scene to deal
01:09
with that car in question. Now, the cordon has now been lifted this evening and a man
01:15
who was detained in connection with the incident has been interviewed and released pending
01:20
further inquiries. So the incident might now be cleared, but there are still some delays.
01:27
There are passengers trying to get onto the Eurotunnel services this evening. And I was
01:33
here about two hours ago when the chaos was taking place. And I saw many tourists and
01:40
commuters using the Eurotunnel services, climbing up into a shelter up in the trees and the
01:47
wooded areas, particularly if they had dogs as well. I also witnessed some passengers
01:53
making their way, walking towards the Eurotunnel terminal to get some refreshments and drinks,
01:58
bringing them back to the cars. So it is good news for them. We've been speaking to Jim
02:05
Martin who is the Green Party leader and also the leader at Folkestone and Hive District
02:11
Council. He says it hasn't been an ideal day for passengers, but this incident search was
02:18
needed. When the security forces think they've found a bomb, they have to take action. And
02:26
that action has to be very prompt and it has to be very thorough. And, you know, I can
02:32
tell you from working closely with these people, they are prompt, they are thorough, they are
02:39
completely professional and they would not have closed the Eurotunnel depot on a whim.
02:46
So you know, it is a problem. It's a problem for everyone, for residents, visitors, travellers,
02:54
everyone trying to get home tonight from Folkestone has got a problem.
02:58
Well, the incident might now be clearing here at the Channel Tunnel entrance. And police
03:06
are keen to say this is not believed to be in relation to the ongoing manhunt for Daniel
03:12
Khalif. Now, there are increased checks taking place here at the Eurotunnel terminal. They
03:17
are searching everybody's boots, but also at the port of Dover, where they say it is
03:22
manageable and there are enhanced checks taking place. Now, because of those enhanced checks,
03:27
they have brought in Brock Zero. That was brought in around yesterday lunchtime and
03:31
it remains in force today. That's in place between junctions 8 and 9, so from Leeds Castle
03:36
down to Ashford. Now, unlike Operation Brock, it only allows freight traffic heading to
03:43
the EU to travel coastbound. Any other cars, passengers, regardless of heading to the port
03:48
or not, have to take a diversion. Now, when I made my way down here to come down to the
03:54
Eurotunnel today, I was coming down from Medway. I had to take the diversion, essentially going
03:58
down the M2, down the A2, and I have to say, those routes were more congested than usual.
04:03
And particularly, there was a lot of traffic going through some of the smaller villages
04:09
in the rural parts of Kent, quite likely due to those diversions. Now, it's not clear when
04:16
Brock Zero will be lifted. It seems that it will be going in to tomorrow night. Now, the
04:23
National Highway said they have been working alongside with Kent Police, the Met Police
04:27
and the Kent Resilience Forum, to help ease traffic and stack the lorries heading to the
04:34
port. Now, in the manhunt for Daniel Califf, he has escaped prisoner from Wandsworth Prison.
04:39
He is still missing. We're going in to our third evening now of him being missing. In
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the past hour, Met Police say there will be a £20,000 reward if he is found.
04:49
I'm not going to.
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