This is the moment four illegal migrants jumped out of a lorry before walking off into the Essex countryside after stowing away in France by cutting open the roof.
The vehicle had been moving a homeowner's possessions to the UK from Malaga in Spain when the group of men are thought to have got inside during a stop in Rouen.
Video filmed by passing motorists on the A414 in Maldon showed them emerging from the roof when the lorry was in a layby just yards away from its final destination.
Officers arrived and arrested the driver, a Portuguese man in his 60s, as well as impounding the vehicle following the extraordinary incident at 3pm yesterday.
The lorry was operated by a Portuguese firm for Algarve Removals, a Maldon-based family business that helps people relocate between the UK, Spain and Portugal.
