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From todays Daily Telegraph:-
Scooter is blown up for being a 'terrorist bomb'
By David Sapsted
A woman who tried to register her new scooter at a DVLA office had it blown up by the Army when it was feared that it could be a terrorist bomb.
Heidi Brown, a 22-year-old care worker, left the £1,000 Taishan Sport scooter outside the office in Ipswich last weekend to await inspection by DVLA officials.
A security guard said she could leave it in the car park. On Monday, staff called the police because it had no number plates. The town centre was closed for four hours and the Army carried out a controlled explosion.
Miss Brown said: "Since Monday, all the paperwork has come through telling us that it is now okay to use the bike. But, obviously, we don't have it any more."
A Suffolk police spokesman said: "We acted out of concern for public safety."
Source:- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... xhome.html
Scooter is blown up for being a 'terrorist bomb'
By David Sapsted
A woman who tried to register her new scooter at a DVLA office had it blown up by the Army when it was feared that it could be a terrorist bomb.
Heidi Brown, a 22-year-old care worker, left the £1,000 Taishan Sport scooter outside the office in Ipswich last weekend to await inspection by DVLA officials.
A security guard said she could leave it in the car park. On Monday, staff called the police because it had no number plates. The town centre was closed for four hours and the Army carried out a controlled explosion.
Miss Brown said: "Since Monday, all the paperwork has come through telling us that it is now okay to use the bike. But, obviously, we don't have it any more."
A Suffolk police spokesman said: "We acted out of concern for public safety."
Source:- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... xhome.html
