Incident on M6 Toll - Any ideas?
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Incident on M6 Toll - Any ideas?Anyone else heard about this? Coach has been stopped on the M6 Toll Road and all passengers were evacuated by armed police.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10318089
I'm thinking something anti-terrorism related considering the cordon around the coach/number of emergency vehicles present (whole of West Midlands fire service seems to be out in force
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EDIT: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ds-London.html
Apparently a passenger was reportedly seen pouring liquid into a smoking bag. Probably some poor guy trying to do his lunch
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Re: Incident on M6 Toll - Any ideas?Or a guy pouring hot water from a thermos into his pot noodle(Original post by Good bloke)
So, rather than a smoking gun, we have a smoking bag. What is the betting it turns out to be a passenger pouring milk into his flask of hot coffee?
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Re: Incident on M6 Toll - Any ideas?(Original post by Good bloke)
So, rather than a smoking gun, we have a smoking bag. What is the betting it turns out to be a passenger pouring milk into his flask of hot coffee?
Well they've just sent EOD onto the bus, it would amuse me if it were just that or a pot noodle. -
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Re: Incident on M6 Toll - Any ideas?If I were sat in a car trapped in the queue, having taken that route to guarantee a timely arrival at an important business meeting in the south, I might be rather less amused.(Original post by moonkatt)
Well they've just sent EOD onto the bus, it would amuse me if it were just that or a pot noodle.Last edited by Good bloke; 05-07-2012 at 12:00. -
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Re: Incident on M6 Toll - Any ideas?I'm surprised they haven't tried to block the camera's view by putting up canvas or something.(Original post by moonkatt)
Well they've just sent EOD onto the bus, it would amuse me if it were just that or a pot noodle. -
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Re: Incident on M6 Toll - Any ideas?You do realise that if it wasn't headed to London, there wouldn't be all of this hubbub. Imagine if it was headed from London to south preston - there certainly wouldn't be this much activity.
Can't anybody realise that it is olympic-related and that forces around the country are on full alert? -
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Re: Incident on M6 Toll - Any ideas?Better to be safe than sorry I guess.(Original post by Good bloke)
If I were sat in a car trapped in the queue, having taken that route to guarantee a timely arrival at an important business meeting in the north, I might be rather less amused.
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Re: Incident on M6 Toll - Any ideas?I think with the eyewitness accounts the news are getting its unlikely it was just a bit of steam from a flask.(Original post by Good bloke)
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Re: Incident on M6 Toll - Any ideas?And now Bomb Disposal. I'm sure it really isn't anything or they would have moved the cordons way, way back. It's just a bit of standing on one's tip-toes with the Olympics round the corner and all.(Original post by ForensicShoe)
Or a guy pouring hot water from a thermos into his pot noodle
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Re: Incident on M6 Toll - Any ideas?Yes, the owner of the coffee, or someone sitting next to him, could have suffered minor scalds if he had poured it just as the bus went over a bump.(Original post by ForensicShoe)
Pretty scary.
Glad they got the buggers (if it turns out it is terror related) before anything bad could happen.
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