UK Police have arrested 27 suspected illegal immigrants who were found inside a lorry at a motorway service station, the Daily Mail reported.

Surrey Police said the discovery was made at Cobham Services between junctions 9 and 10 on the M25 at around 10.50am.

Officers detained the group - which appears to consist mainly of men - as well as the lorry driver.

Ambulance crews attended the scene and medically assessed everyone before police handed the investigation over to the Home Office.

A police spokesman said: 'Surrey Police were called to Cobham Service Station at around 10.50am on Friday, 28 August following suspicions around a lorry parked at the location.

Source: MENA