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seen this on bbc news before, the ilnk you posted doesn't say what they were but on the BBC news it said they were anti-tank mines

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Originally Posted by jawide
seen this on bbc news before, the ilnk you posted doesn't say what they were but on the BBC news it said they were anti-tank mines


Yes your right jawide but I didn't want to put something on here that wasn't actually in the news report I posted.

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Nowt to do with me.I live 5 mins from folley lane where they where taken. Also where they found them in birkenhead my parents live is a 5 mins walk.....

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Found in a garage just on the corner by mine. Wasn't able to open up til about 2

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Had a friend in southport who sent me the link for and say is they anything to do with me.. Did they have to close any roads why they removed them

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Quarry bank street and car park was completely blocked off until about 2 then there was still army and police presence until about 7

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OMG what the hell were they going to do with them!!!!!!!!

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Not much they could do with them - they didn't have the detonators.


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Why on earth wasnt something like that being escorted by armed guards for God's sake?

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They were stolen from Defence Logistics' company train which is a Government agency. These trains and trucks travel the country without any security all the time.


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Just boys being boys, nothing untoward, happens all the time lol laugh


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