And so the panic begins......

[fatboy b]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/five-ar...

[Pints]

If that means even one person not being blown to bits, then I have no issue with it.

[Corsair7]

hmmmm.

[Ozzie Osmond]

"officers from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary"

Are they the ones who give out parking tickets or are they important ones like the Community Support Officers?

[Chrisw666]

I don't think you just get arrested for being near Sellafield so there must be a little more to it than that.

[Flintstone]

fatboy b said:

And so the panic begins......

I agree that we're likely to see a whole new raft of nonsense but not enough detail in that article to say whether or not this case is an overreaction. Anyone know more? Birdwatchers or four lions?

[Corsair7]

BBC said:

The BBC's Fiona Trott said the men were thought to have been filming and were all Bangladeshi.

[Caulkhead]

BBC one news just reported the men are of 'Bangladeshi origin'.

[DJRC]

Ozzie Osmond said:

"officers from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary"

Are they the ones who give out parking tickets or are they important ones like the Community Support Officers?

They are usually the ones armed.

[Jackleman]

On the BBC website it said they were seen filming the nuclear facility! seems like a bit of a weird day trip for a group of Bangladeshi men from London?

I have no problem with security being stepped-up at these kinds of places, it has been woeful in the past!

[MX7]

What makes you think we are panicking? It might be completely justified to question them.

[PintOfKittens]

Ozzie Osmond said:

"officers from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary"

Are they the ones who give out parking tickets or are they important ones like the Community Support Officers?

IIRC the CNC's police force's officers are about 80% armed with glocks and assault rifles

[Soovy]

Caulkhead said:

BBC one news just reported the men are of 'Bangladeshi origin'.

Five bangladeshi Londoners in a car near Sellafield.

Not suspicious at all, that. No sir.

[paddyhasneeds]

What is there near Sellafield other than Sellafield?

[pokethepope]

90% of the population is Muslim, will the new Bin Laden be from Bangladesh?

[louiebaby]

There has to be a modicum of common sense from the authorities for the next few months.

Arresting ANYONE filming a nuclear facility for any reason, regardless of ethnic origin, is within my boundary for common sense.

They may well have a legitimate, reason, but I'd rather it was heard a long way from anywhere like Sellafield, and where they have access to a lawyer, etc...

[Soovy]

Thankfully, suicide bombers in the UK tend to be completely fking useless.

[eldudereno]

Probably being waterboarded as we speak.

[PintOfKittens]

How convinient, the UK govt needs an excuse to continue the "War on terror" now that ossama bin fkhead is dead, and this crops up...

[Mojocvh]

PintOfKittens said:

Ozzie Osmond said:

"officers from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary"

Are they the ones who give out parking tickets or are they important ones like the Community Support Officers?

IIRC the CNC's police force's officers are about 80% armed with glocks and assault rifles

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_MP7