Mystery convoy
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Tried this in general gassing but failed to score any hits. Anyone here know?
On a weekly basis I see a convoy travelling west out of London along the A4 which comprises a white unmarked armoured 7.5 tonne truck escorted by a police Range Rover bringing up the rear with two Vectras on point duty, occupied by some very hard looking bib, all with full blues and twos going and stopping for nothing. What would need that sort of protection? Bullion? Weapons?
Delivery of heroin for Whinehouse? Any ideas
On a weekly basis I see a convoy travelling west out of London along the A4 which comprises a white unmarked armoured 7.5 tonne truck escorted by a police Range Rover bringing up the rear with two Vectras on point duty, occupied by some very hard looking bib, all with full blues and twos going and stopping for nothing. What would need that sort of protection? Bullion? Weapons?
Delivery of heroin for Whinehouse? Any ideas The Londoner said:
Yung Man said:
Prisoners going to court.
Unless they are moving Hannibal Lecter, it's not a black maria type of truck.Not sure.
But my friend runs a haulage company and his most valuable haul are Gillette Razor Blades - They weld the contain doors shut and the trucks are escorted. just think about how much Boots sell a pack of 4 then how many packs you can get into a forty foot truck. Sounds rather tempting.
So anyone up to be a getaway driver ?
But my friend runs a haulage company and his most valuable haul are Gillette Razor Blades - They weld the contain doors shut and the trucks are escorted. just think about how much Boots sell a pack of 4 then how many packs you can get into a forty foot truck. Sounds rather tempting.
So anyone up to be a getaway driver ?
The Tuscan Rat said:
The police are The Special Escort Group (SEG), the same group who escort The Queen, Prime Minister and other high profile VVIPs including visiting heads of state. They also escort most of the Cat A prisoners around the country. The lorry was most probably something of high value without going into to much detail on a public forum.
I have just been accepted into the SEG and have a years worth of courses including Firearms / Escort tactics / advanced bike course to name a few. Hope to have completed the courses by this time next year.
good stuff! would you be willing to share a little about the process of getting to do something like that? i assume you have to be BiB for a while?I have just been accepted into the SEG and have a years worth of courses including Firearms / Escort tactics / advanced bike course to name a few. Hope to have completed the courses by this time next year.
fluffnik said:
The Tuscan Rat said:
I have just been accepted into the SEG and have a years worth of courses including Firearms / Escort tactics / advanced bike course to name a few. Hope to have completed the courses by this time next year.
Enjoy! 
(Congrats, sounds like a bit of a dream job, I look forward to seeing the thread telling us all about it (well the bits you can tell wtihout having to kill us afterwards))
I see the escorted trucks on the M1 from time to time, with a few marked cars running interference. A couple of weeks ago I saw a rather more extensive convoy, with an un-marked car completely boxed in by marked patrol cars all running in a very tight group, plus other marked cars occupying all three lanes plus the hard shoulder. They really, really didn't want anyone getting closed to that un-marked car, there wasn't even a direct line of sight to it from any of the other traffic.
simonrockman said:
And I bet after that the day-to-day work is as boring as anything, hanging around outside airports and conference centres waiting for VIPs.
Simon
Don't spoil our dreams, we want to imagine it as the most exciting thing ever, but the reality is probably light years away from this, but we can dream jealously!Simon
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