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Paris Saint-Germain offer 'full support' to fans who travelled to watch Champions League clash with Chelsea Women after weapons, fireworks and drugs found on board coach PSG have supported fans who travelled to watch the clash with Chelsea Women  A coach carrying about 50 PSG fans was turned away from Kingsmeadow The Metropolitan Police said 'knives and knuckledusters' were recovered  One man was arrested for possession of drugs, and vandalism was reported PSG claim 'local authorities have not provided any evidence of wrongdoing'

By Jim Van Wijk, Press Association Sport

Published: 12:02 GMT, 22 March 2019 | Updated: 12:07 GMT, 22 March 2019

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Paris St Germain have expressed their 'full support' to fans who travelled to the Champions League match against Chelsea Women, where weapons, fireworks and drugs were found on board a supporters' coach.

A coach carrying about 50 PSG fans who had travelled to London from France overnight was turned away from the Kingsmeadow ground ahead of the quarter-final first leg.

The Metropolitan Police said 'knives and knuckledusters' were recovered while one man was arrested for possession of class A drugs.

A coach carrying about 50 PSG fans was turned away from Kingsmeadow on Thursday

A coach carrying about 50 PSG fans was turned away from Kingsmeadow on Thursday

There were also reports of vandalism at the stadium during Thursday morning, as well as disorder later on at Waterloo and Wimbledon stations. Chelsea won the first leg 2-0.

Despite the widely-reported incidents, PSG issued a club statement on Friday morning criticising the handling of the situation and claiming no damage had been caused at the stadium by their fans.

'We repeat that the local authorities have not provided any evidence of wrongdoing, at least no fact available

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