Bus stowaway eludes British military brass

LONDON, June 19 (UPI) -- An illegal stowaway from Afghanistan eluded multiple security checks to sneak into the famous British military college Sandhurst aboard a bus, authorities said.

The 20-year-old man boarded the bus, full of officers and non-commissioned officers, at a British Army base in Hameln, Germany, Tuesday, the London newspaper The Sun reported. He hid in stairwell near a bathroom during the ride to the academy where Prince William and Prince Harry trained to become officers.

A corporal and a lance corporal found the Afghan man as they left the bus and police were called.

"This is an extremely serious breach of security," a military source told the newspaper.

The head of the Army, Gen. Sir Richard Dannatt, ordered an investigation, the Sun said.

The man, who was to be fingerprinted and interviewed by Border Agency officers, is expected to be deported, the Sun said.

Army officials had increased security at Sandhurst four years ago, after The Sun sneaked a reporter into the college.

The illegal immigrant was on the bus when it stopped briefly in Belgium and eluded Britain's border controls at Dover, the Sun said.