Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Just a further word on this incident. Word has reached me through the grapevine that it was all for nothing. It appears that one of our seafront shelter inhabitants left a home made phone charger device in the public toilets for safekeeping while he went into town. Of course someone else then saw a package in there with wiring etc and the rest we know about. The guy responsible was released without charge I understand...presumably because it wasnt even a hoax..which would of course be chargeable.
But good heavens the amount of disruption this caused was unbelieveable. And the costs will have been high to one and all. Not only was the Bomb Disposal Unit called out but there were extra police all over the shop tied up for most of the day. Also local business like the Premier Inn will have lost out because nobody could access their establishment. All cars were blocked out and no access through the main road as that was blocked as well.
Traffic too was diverted all over town which would have needed yet more police and further effort.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
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Although the guy was wrong, at least it showed in days of problems that the police and other services are aware and on the ball with such instances.
We should be pleased with that, ok so there was a cost, but at least we know the agencies are prepared
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This towns police over reacting again, were do they hide only when they can cause chaos they come out in numbers and that officer top right has the right idea strap a sign to his back then he can walk up and down telling the traffic were to go shame they don't do that in market square to tell the bikes were to go
Knocked over by a bike, blown up by a bomb. Tricky decision about where to put the resources, but on the whole I would rather not be blown up by a bomb...........so good call, probably.
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Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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So my guess was right, a shelter inhabitant. Don't they know that these shelters are for people to sit in and not for permanent residence?
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
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The usual reaction from certain sections - ho hum
Poor plod cant do right for being wrong
I am with Bern on this one...
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Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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If I meet any of you in the near future get me to tell you about the bomb scare I created at the Eastern docks back in the 1980s.
To long to post and not half as funny.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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i was told by an ex p and o crew member about a fellow employee back in the eighties who had a habit of half inching steaks from the vessel and selling them in town.
one particular day when leaving the ship he was told that there was a lot of searching going on.
he then dumped his swag in a telephone box within the docks, someone alerted the authorities about a suspect package.
needless to say the controlled explosion sent blood and flesh great distances.
I think Alan's comment stinks frankly. Can you imagine what would have been said if the matter had not been thoroughly and properly investigated? And it had been a bomb?
If nothing else it will have acted as an exercise.
As usual Bern's comments spot on.
