«You’re going to take Eurostarpendant a period of commemoration. We wish to remind you that the transport of shells (fragments and whole), weapons, ammunition, authentic or dummy, is prohibited,» says the company in a message sent to the passengers.
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» The transportation of shells, weapons, ammunition, authentic or dummy, is prohibited »
Eurostar, which serves many international destinations including London, Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels, warns that the objects complained of may be «confiscated» and that their discovery would pose a «risk of evacuation» of the station.
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The transport shell of the First world War, turned into souvenirs or flower pot, is a regular at the original security alert. In 2015, a man had attempted to take a train to gare du Nord, in Paris, in the direction of London, with a «shell defused» in his bag, causing the immediate intervention of deminers and the evacuation of all the passengers in the hall international.
