Suspect item leads to RAF parade cancellation

[Gainesy]

As it was Boston, I assume the parade was for Coningsby?

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Lincolnshire | Suspicious item halts RAF parade

[extpwron]

Probably another MOD laptop.

[Jimmy Macintosh]

Sadly ironic, a freedom of the city parade cancelled due to suspect package.

Seems that the city isn't so free.

[Pontius Navigator]

It was the Coningsby parade that was cancelled. The package certainly had wires etc and was in a telephone box. RAF EOD was called in and used a wheel barrow disruptor. According to the police there was no explosive and the area was open to the public later.

No news if the parade will be restaged.

[Gainesy]

If anyone is even remotely interested, said item was found to be an air freshener.

[diginagain]

Originally Posted by Pontius Navigator

The package certainly had wires etc and was in a telephone box.

From the description, I was half-expecting it to have been the telephone.

[TOPBUNKER]

The item was an automatic air freshener according to the BBC News.

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Lincolnshire | Air freshener disrupts RAF parade

A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: "We had no idea what it was, it was something we'd never encountered before."

Hmm, Police have no idea what an air freshener is - here we go...

[davejb]

One would have thought that the first sensible thing to do was to phone BT and confirm this device wasn't part of the normal phone box equipment...

...from a different call box, obviously....

Reminds me of a Taceval at CXX - strange object with aerial sighted on roof of sumptious squadron accomodation/hut delete as applicable. Turns out to be old piece of kit nobody had noticed stuck up there for past decade or two...