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| 'Gas Canister' Pair Held In Terror Probe |
| 2007-07-04 |
| Two Asian men, aged 22 and 29, are being questioned by detectives after they were arrested apparently trying to collect a large delivery of 10 propane gas canisters. They were arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences at the Furthergate Industrial Estate in Blackburn, Lancashire. Lancashire Constabulary said it was too early to confirm whether the arrests were linked to the recent bomb plots in Glasgow and London. The building at the centre of the investigation is a small, dilapidated, single-storey modern warehouse. Police tried to enter the premises but did not appear to be able to open the shutter door with any of the keys in the men's possession. Amusing follow-up Two Asian men arrested after taking delivery of ten propane gas canisters were today being questioned about growing cannabis plants. With the country on its highest alert after the attempted bomb attacks in London and Glasgow a huge police operation was launched when officers were told that the two men could not give “a reasonable explanation” for why they were buying so much gas. Eyewitnesses said a delivery driver arrived at a unit on the estate yesterday lunchtime with about five 47kg bottles and that two Asian men appeared shortly afterwards. A second consignment of five more canisters arrived at the premises close to the town centre shortly afterwards. But when officers ventured inside the large unit they found a “very sophisticated and well looked after” cannabis operation although there were not many plants there as they had already been harvested. Detectives have now ruled out the men having any links to terrorism. A spokesman said: “We rely on communities to inform us about any activity that they find suspicious and this incident is a good example of where an individual has become alarmed and has shared the information with the police. That was the right thing to do. While this is no longer a terrorist-related inquiry, it is a criminal one and the men remain in custody." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Pot is not a serious high-money crop unless done in bigtime ops. It'd be more likely they'd do Heroin or Opium or Hash depending on their old-country connections. You could very well be right, but sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. to quote |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-07-04 21:03 |
| #3 You have this sort of thing in mind, Sea? |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-07-04 20:58 |
| #2 Have they looked into where the profits were going? |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-07-04 20:19 |
| #1 Cannabis Cultivating Couple Caught with Canisters Propane apparently used to fuel carbon dioxide generators which enhance the growing of the marijuana weeds. source |
| Posted by: GK 2007-07-04 18:40 |