French border guards impound trucks filled with 130,000 face masks bound for Britain for NHS workers battling coronavirus, according to reports.
After realising what was on board the trucks, border guards in France held the truck under their authority, it comes as French President Emmanuel Macron’s promised to ‘requisition’ face masks for the coronavirus crisis in French.
In a similar case, a truck with hand sanitiser was delayed by French authorities on way to the UK just a day before the incident involving the masks.
The masks were meant for Britain’s brave frontline NHS workers battling coronavirus across the country.
Officials in the UK were swiftly made aware of both incidents and responded vigorously, A government source told The Sun: “On Tuesday night, French authorities stopped the hand sanitiser and confiscated the lot. On Wednesday night, it was lorries full of FFP3 face masks to protect staff.”
However, another source told the newspaper: “Both incidents were dealt with relatively quickly.
“There is a clear understanding between countries that only a united approach will tackle the public health emergency all countries face.
“It appears to have been a misunderstanding, we’re confident it won’t happen again.”
On March 3, President Macron posted on Twitter that the French authorities would “requisition all stocks and the production of masks”.
The former Conservative leader, Iain Duncan Smith, told the Sun said: “This shows you all you need to know about European co-operation.
“Europe is in lockdown and each nation has been left to their own devices.”
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