Major incident near RAF base

[Sirius]

A number of properties in Whelford, Gloucestershire, have been evacuated following a major incident being declared. Several men have been arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act. A specialist ordnance disposal team has been at the scene. Follow the latest.

No further news at yet of who the men are.

https://news.sky.com/story/follow-la...s-act-13527288

[papa smurf]

it'll be interesting to see who is involved in this

[Taf]

Entering a site like that with "specialist" guards on duty risks a pop from a long gun with no warning.

Originally Posted by papa smurf

it'll be interesting to see who is involved in this

It could either be a left-wing stunt (in which case the ‘explosives’ the polis are looking for will probably just be fireworks) or else someone is trying to open a branch of Ali’s Snack Bar on the base perimeter, in which case it’s serious ordnance, or possibly a drone swarm.

Given the apparent scale of it my money’s on something state sponsored, with Iran’s fingerprints all over it, possibly attempting to emulate the Ukrainian attack in Russia which used drones launched from lorries to blow up Russian long-range bombers.

[Carth]

anyway, regarding the perpetrators, at least Farage and anti immigrant protesters are in the clear . . so far

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

it'll be interesting to see who is involved in this

My money is on Iran

[papa smurf]

looks like the police were called by a local curtain twitcher

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by papa smurf

looks like the police were called by a local curtain twitcher

Thank you to the local curtain twitcher

[Carth]

I can see the headlines now . . .

"Multi £million highly efficient and organised terrorist plot thwarted by nosey pensioner on £210 a week"

quotes to follow

[Dingbat]

Was it Pierce Brosnan?

IYKYK.

[jem]

My name is Michael Caine and I am a nosy neighbour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejTqABSzQLo

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by jem

My name is Michael Caine and I am a nosy neighbour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejTqABSzQLo

Michael Paine wasn't it?

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/ar...ious-l032gl8mt

RAF Fairford bomb plot foiled by farmer who saw men in balaclavas

A woman from Whelford who called police after seeing suspicious activity says that security officials should be embarrassed that her intervention was necessary

When she got into her car in the early hours of the morning after leaving a party, the farmer expected a typically quiet journey home along the back roads of rural Gloucestershire.

However, as she neared her home in the quiet village of Whelford, she found herself in the midst of a “once-in-a-lifetime” event.

The woman, who does not want her name to be made public, was stunned to spot in the beams of her headlights a group of balaclava-wearing men dressed in black running into the darkness. They are suspected of plotting a terror attack and she has been credited with preventing a possible disaster after she rang the police.

Her quick-thinking led to the arrest of the men just 300m from RAF Fairford, the base used by the US air force that borders the village. Locals said that she should be given a bravery award. She said security officials should be embarrassed that her intervention was necessary.

“I’m astonished, to be honest,” she told The Times. “I literally cannot believe that they were in this heightened alert state and I had to tell them.”…

… She initially tried to phone the Ministry of Defence police number that locals had been given to report suspicious activity. There was no answer, she said, describing this as “astonishing”. She then tried 101 to no avail.

Once she arrived home shortly after she phoned 999 and sent a message to the local residents’ WhatsApp group warning them to be on alert “because we’re not really a door-locking kind of village”.

[1701-e]

RAF Fairford bomb plot foiled by farmer who saw men in balaclavas

Farmer hasn't been to the south coast obviously

Originally Posted by Hugh

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/ar...ious-l032gl8mt

It’s a great headline, but as it is a matter of public record that the base has been on heightened alert for a while now, it is perhaps somewhat at variance with actuality. We have no way of knowing what surveillance these characters might have been under. Though I hate to say it, it’s entirely plausible that with the news now ‘out’, Trump couldn’t help but blurt out classified briefing information when he bragged about them having been under surveillance for some time.