A man has been taken into custody after being arrested on suspicion of being drunk while walking along the M20.

A rolling roadblock was set up this afternoon on the coastbound carriageway between junctions 9 and 10 at Ashford.

Traffic was held up while police officers attended after a report was made at 1pm.

When they arrived they found a 28-year-old man from Dover walking along the carriageway.

He was arrested on suspicion of possessing cannabis and being drunk on a highway.