Weyhill, Hampshire Petrol Station Bombing.

[hippy82]

I live just opposite the station, the explosion woke me up on a sunday! the buggers.

[normalbloke]

Pesty said:

V8mate said:

Just watched the video on the evening news. Two quite thick pipes seemed to have been run to the unit. Hosepipe thickness. Anyone care to speculate as to the approach they took?

Fill up with oxy acetylene? Would cause an explosion like that.

This.

[Pesty]

Ooh do I win a prize

[El Guapo]

V8mate said:

Anyone care to speculate as to the approach they took?

Most likely the A342, I would say.

[Gareth79]

normalbloke said:

Pesty said:

V8mate said:

Just watched the video on the evening news. Two quite thick pipes seemed to have been run to the unit. Hosepipe thickness. Anyone care to speculate as to the approach they took?

Fill up with oxy acetylene? Would cause an explosion like that.

This.

It was popular in Aus years ago, IIRC they started putting alarms/suppression systems in them.

[cahami]

Is there any evidence that this works ,I would have thought the money would be toast. Its time for judges to hand out very stiff sentences for holiday crims.

[MarshPhantom]

Puggit said:

Eastern Europeans by any chance??

Yup - I'm not PC.

Odd that crime levels are dropping given that the country is "overrun" by immigrants.

[Pesty]

cahami said:

Is there any evidence that this works ,

Apart from the video clearly showing them picking up the cash ? No not much

[GadgeS3C]

Might not be shown on the available video but they'd have looked a little more professional if they'd thought to take a bag with them to put the cash in.

Maybe something like this?

Edited by GadgeS3C on Wednesday 3rd April 08:31

[Pesty]

Yes they did appear to not have thought through all the variables.

It's as if they just expected the cash to be there in neat bundles. Looks like they left loads as well.

[tuffer]

boobles said:

rxtx said:

I estimate you two live a maximum 6 miles from eachother

Me towards the "posh" end!

Me 3.

[boobles]

tuffer said:

boobles said:

rxtx said:

I estimate you two live a maximum 6 miles from eachother

Me towards the "posh" end!

Me 3.

There is only 1 "posh" end & thats Picket piece end.

[tuffer]

boobles said:

tuffer said:

boobles said:

rxtx said:

I estimate you two live a maximum 6 miles from eachother

Me towards the "posh" end!

Me 3.

There is only 1 "posh" end & thats Picket piece end.

I'm in Shipton Bollinger mate, you don't get posher than that. (also known as stty bellender)

[trashbat]

Update: Hants police have issued a photofit of the suspected ringleader.

[TinyCappo]

he doesnt look like that any more.

[Mr_B]

For some reason I thought of the scene in the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with the large explosion to blow the doors of the train and them runing around picking up the cash. Shame there was no truck to pull up , door opens and some Plod cars race out and arrest them.

[normalbloke]

Industrial hand held leaf vacuum would have been my weapon of choice!

[Paul Dishman]

Mr_B said:

For some reason I thought of the scene in the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid with the large explosion to blow the doors of the train and them runing around picking up the cash. Shame there was no truck to pull up , door opens and some Plod cars race out and arrest them.

"are you sure we've used enough explosive?"

[daveydave7]

More like "your only supposed to blow the bloody front off"

[y2blade]

tuffer said:

boobles said:

tuffer said:

boobles said:

rxtx said:

I estimate you two live a maximum 6 miles from eachother

Me towards the "posh" end!

Me 3.

There is only 1 "posh" end & thats Picket piece end.

I'm in Shipton Bollinger mate, you don't get posher than that. (also known as stty bellender)