B&Q Farnborough - 6th December - Drug Heist?

[Trevatanus]

Lots of pictures on Facebook this morning, not able to share anything, but the gist is, Land Rover Discovery with Blue Lights, so appearing to be an unmarked vehicle, but (allegedly) driven by Albanians, repeatedly rammed a van, and almost a number of people, containing drugs, belonging to them. I am sure it will be on the local media outlets at some point.

[Dan_The_Man]

https://twitter.com/Cycle2Freedom/status/160042135...

Brazen ramming

[Llew]

Unbelievably brazen... They've been playing too much Grand Theft Auto by the looks of it...!

I hope they get caught and the judge throws the book at them.

[rallye101]

Friend was there and saw it all happen...the driver nearly took 3 of his own gang out

[anonymous-user]

Llew said:

Unbelievably brazen... They've been playing too much Grand Theft Auto by the looks of it...!

I hope they get caught and the judge throws the book at them.

I'm sure all affected victims will be swiftly issued with crime reference numbers by the police, that's the main thing isn't it?

How did it end, did they manage to retrieve their loot? Presumably they had another vehicle to escape in, the Landy looked wrecked by that final hit.

That surely can't be the best way of opening a van door, I'd have thought battering it to hell would make eventually getting into the thing even more difficult?

[GranpaB]

rallye101 said:

Friend was there and saw it all happen...the driver nearly took 3 of his own gang out

Wasn't trying hard enough then.

Still, at least this is proving a point re immigration.

[Dan_The_Man]

https://www.hampshire.police.uk/news/hampshire/new...

[Flumpo]

Van door security is reassuringly better than it was in the 80s/90s.

[normalbloke]

Flumpo said:

Van door security is reassuringly better than it was in the 80s/90s.

You’d think so wouldn’t you..

[Trevatanus]

Dan_The_Man said:

https://www.hampshire.police.uk/news/hampshire/new...

They must be gutted... they both lost their vehicles AND the stash
"Officers attended the scene and a large quantity of cannabis was seized from the back of the Peugeot."

[Silvanus]

GranpaB said:

rallye101 said:

Friend was there and saw it all happen...the driver nearly took 3 of his own gang out

Wasn't trying hard enough then.

Still, at least this is proving a point re immigration.

What point is that? Non of the Albanians, or other Eastern Europeans, that worked on my sites got involved with botched drug robberies. Most were hard working, friendly individuals.

[GranpaB]

Silvanus said:

GranpaB said:

rallye101 said:

Friend was there and saw it all happen...the driver nearly took 3 of his own gang out

Wasn't trying hard enough then.

Still, at least this is proving a point re immigration.

What point is that? Non of the Albanians, or other Eastern Europeans, that worked on my sites got involved with botched drug robberies. Most were hard working, friendly individuals.

So they just got involved in more successful robberies then?

[QuattroDave]

Silvanus said:

GranpaB said:

rallye101 said:

Friend was there and saw it all happen...the driver nearly took 3 of his own gang out

Wasn't trying hard enough then.

Still, at least this is proving a point re immigration.

What point is that? Non of the Albanians, or other Eastern Europeans, that worked on my sites got involved with botched drug robberies. Most were hard working, friendly individuals.

Yes that posted seemed to have conveniently forgotten we've got our own home-grown scumbags too, as if banning all immigration will only see the country better off :S

[eldar]

Silvanus said:

What point is that? Non of the Albanians, or other Eastern Europeans, that worked on my sites got involved with botched drug robberies. Most were hard working, friendly individuals.

Smart enough not to get caught yet

[Trevatanus]

QuattroDave said:

Silvanus said:

GranpaB said:

rallye101 said:

Friend was there and saw it all happen...the driver nearly took 3 of his own gang out

Wasn't trying hard enough then.

Still, at least this is proving a point re immigration.

What point is that? Non of the Albanians, or other Eastern Europeans, that worked on my sites got involved with botched drug robberies. Most were hard working, friendly individuals.

Yes that posted seemed to have conveniently forgotten we've got our own home-grown scumbags too, as if banning all immigration will only see the country better off :S

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This!

[Limpet]

QuattroDave said:

Silvanus said:

GranpaB said:

rallye101 said:

Friend was there and saw it all happen...the driver nearly took 3 of his own gang out

Wasn't trying hard enough then.

Still, at least this is proving a point re immigration.

What point is that? Non of the Albanians, or other Eastern Europeans, that worked on my sites got involved with botched drug robberies. Most were hard working, friendly individuals.

Yes that posted seemed to have conveniently forgotten we've got our own home-grown scumbags too, as if banning all immigration will only see the country better off :S

I don't know, using his logic, all British citizens should be associated with/held responsible for the crimes committed by fellow British citizens. I mean nationality is directly linked to criminality, right? Or does it only apply when "foreigners"...

[QuattroDave]

Limpet said:

QuattroDave said:

Silvanus said:

GranpaB said:

rallye101 said:

Friend was there and saw it all happen...the driver nearly took 3 of his own gang out

Wasn't trying hard enough then.

Still, at least this is proving a point re immigration.

What point is that? Non of the Albanians, or other Eastern Europeans, that worked on my sites got involved with botched drug robberies. Most were hard working, friendly individuals.

Yes that posted seemed to have conveniently forgotten we've got our own home-grown scumbags too, as if banning all immigration will only see the country better off :S

I don't know, using his logic, all British citizens should be associated with/held responsible for the crimes committed by fellow British citizens. I mean nationality is directly linked to criminality, right? Or does it only apply when "foreigners"...

Just noticed the posters username - Granpa.

So I suspect all british citizens below retirement age are responsible for the country as it is now, definitely not a boomer caused problem. See, we can all make crass assumptions!

[D1ckie]

Wouldn't it of been easier to walk into B&Q, buy an angle grinder, or similar, then cut open the doors, take drugs and drive off in your imitation police car????

[twing]

D1ckie said:

Wouldn't it of been easier to walk into B&Q, buy an angle grinder, or similar, then cut open the doors, take drugs and drive off in your imitation police car????

Easier still to just butterfly the side load door

[rallye101]

Southerner said:

I'm sure all affected victims will be swiftly issued with crime reference numbers by the police, that's the main thing isn't it?

How did it end, did they manage to retrieve their loot? Presumably they had another vehicle to escape in, the Landy looked wrecked by that final hit.

That surely can't be the best way of opening a van door, I'd have thought battering it to hell would make eventually getting into the thing even more difficult?

No, he beached the landie on a security bollard and they all ran off on foot....the store manager said the smell of weed was ridiculous....guess it was a deal gone wrong/ hijack situ?!