Ship intercepted in the English channel.

[ragspanner]

A 500ft cargo vessel enroute to a British port from Mauritius, Was intercepted in international waters .In a combined operation involving the Royal Navy,Customs & Excise & officers from the Anti-Terrorist branch the ship was boarded at 0750 this morning.
The ship which had docked in Djibouti enroute to the UK & was said to be carrying a cargo of sugar may have posed "a threat to national security".
Don't some of bin liners bum chums reside in countries adjacent to Djibouti?(Yemen & Somalia).

[STANDTO]

Bu$$er, I thought this forum was about airplanes -seems I've come across 'Shipping Weekly'

[POMPI]

...Maybe it's because they will need Pilots to move it <img src="cool.gif" border="0">
Anyway, it was still there last time I looked out the window, so I hope it's got nothing out of the ordinary on board.

[gravity victim]

At this festive time let our thoughts go out to the poor sods who now have to search 20,000 tonnes of sugar! On overtime rates, one hopes.

[The Claw]

It goes against the grain......

(I'll leave now, before I get the cane....) :) :)

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[Thud_and_Blunder]

Standto,

If the unholy racket I heard overflying Alton at O-dark-15 that morning, with 2 of the most distinctive aircraft noise signatures in the UK military catalogue, is what I think it was, then there was a very strong aviation connection to the story. Then again, it might just have been another training sortie...

All speculation, naturally. After all, this is a rumour network.

[STANDTO]

Oh yeah..........oops.....sorreee!

[Mad Terrorist]

Alton? Let's get the map. Ahh, there it is!

A small device in the local library I think, or perhaps the main shopping street.

The joys of the internet!

[BEagle]

No doubt someone told Plod that 'explosives ingredients' were on the ship? Presumably there's another ship full of weedkiller still at large??

[tony draper]

Its the empty fifty gallon drum of LSD they found that bothers me.
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[Hezbollah]

JHC - I dont know what you are trying to say about that fine body of abstemious men. But it might have been fortuitous that the ship didnt materialize a couple of days later!

[jockspice]

hezbollah
funny you should mention the bleeps - the duty one went off (we were info-ed about your movements - no action required :) ) but the holder couldnt hold himself up let alone provide action.
He was later seen outside a local public house sitting quietly on a bench - obviously having a rest after the excitement of you boys getting scrambled! :) <img src="wink.gif" border="0">
Thanks for wazzing the house to let me know you boys were back, but I suspect it was someone elses gaff that was getting the "put the kettle on, I will be home in 20" treatment. <img src="cool.gif" border="0">