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Caught on CCTV: The pedestrian, apparently carrying a shopping bag, walks through the tunnel (Picture: TfL Traffic News)
TfL Traffic News
Ramzy Alwakeel29 July 2015
Police were forced to shut the Blackwall Tunnel last night after a woman in high-vis was spotted strolling through it.
After getting a pair of calls about the out-of-place pedestrian, officers drove into the southbound tunnel on blue lights to pick the woman up and take her to a police station.
She is shown in CCTV from Transport for London carrying what appears to be a shopping bag.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "We were called by members of the public at 8.54pm and 9.03pm to reports of a woman in a luminous vest walking in the Blackwall Tunel.
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Detained: Police took the woman the rest of the way through the tunnel (Picture: TfL Traffic News)
TfL Traffic News
"The woman was detained and the tunnel was closed southbound while officers dealt with the incident."
The tunnel was reopened by 9.20pm, police added.