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these car theives will have secound thoughts in the future


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3544485/Thieves-targeting-vans-on-council-estate-are-confronted-by-four-SAS-men-on-a-stakeout.html



TEENAGE thieves targeting vans parked on a council estate forced open the doors of one - and were confronted by four SAS men on a stakeout.

Two of the Who Dares Wins heroes stayed put while the other two chased the panic-stricken tearaways and gave them "a bit of a slap".

The SAS surveillanced team was on a night-time counter-terrorism training exercise in Manchester.

A source said: "The lads each had a machine gun and a side pistol with live ammunition to make it realistic. They saw these scrotes coming for some time.

"They were trying their luck on every van in the estate, looking for tools they could pinch.

"One of the team was resting, one on standby, one log-keeping and monitoring the radio, and the fourth was watching the practice target through the scope of a sniper rifle.

"They didn't want to move for fear of ruining the exercise and hoped the gang would pass them by.

"The lads decided they would teach them a lesson if they did get into their van, which is exactly what happened.

"To this day, those idiots probably still don't have any idea who they were messing with - but it hopefully made them think twice about doing that to anyone else again."

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With the team's cover blown, the exercise was cancelled. But no official report was made to police to prevent members having to give court evidence.

The incident was confirmed by senior defence forces. But The Sun has been asked not to reveal specific details
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  • nickj_2
    nickj_2 Posts: 7,052 Forumite
    it's a pity the police didn't operate similar tactics , there's nothing more annoying seeing a sign saying theives operate in this area
  • fadetogrey
    fadetogrey Posts: 1,648 Forumite
    Loved the episode in fools and horses where boycies talking about a well known villian called eugine mccarthy,and when someone asks is he really bad boycie replies "rumour has it the SAS pay eugine mccarthy protection money.:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: RIP john sullivan.
    counting down the time I got left.:beer::beer:
  • Queue court case by a couple of scallies against said SAS officer for assault.

    I have no sympathy for the criminals but they should have been apprehended, and charged as such, rather than being beaten by a member of the armed forces.
  • mikey72
    mikey72 Posts: 14,680 Forumite
    Queue court case by a couple of scallies against said SAS officer for assault.

    I have no sympathy for the criminals but they should have been apprehended, and charged as such, rather than being beaten by a member of the armed forces.

    Agree with you there.
    It's hard to take the moral highground if you can't see it from where you are.
  • Incyder
    Incyder Posts: 2,016 Forumite
    I disagree. The sas should have used their ammo to shoot these villans dead. And then departed.

    Years and years of grief to innocent law abiding people and the police would have been saved and the prisons would end up less burdoned.
  • .....and we would live in a society where members of the public were gunned down in the street by the military without fair trial. Somehow don't think i'd feel much safer.

    May i reccomend a move to Syria where your dream is a reality.
  • Strider590
    Strider590 Posts: 11,874 Forumite
    edited 26 April 2011 at 2:27PM
    Stories like this are great...... "We got our information from someone we can't name and they'll deny all knowledge if anyone asks", no Police report was filed and nobody else know's anything about it.

    All that's missing from the report is "this all occurred 24 days ago".

    I could make up stories like that ALL day long and nobody would believe me, but slap it in The Sun and what do we have?
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  • redbull5
    redbull5 Posts: 312 Forumite
    the small beating by the sas man was the best course of action in my opinion. criminials these days dont care about getting caught and going to court, the chances are they will get a !!!!!! fine and get let out again. getting a small slap by a sas man will scar you for life, god knows what he did to him lol

    good on the sas.
    From England - Live in Edinburgh and work as a bus driver
  • adouglasmhor
    adouglasmhor Posts: 15,554 Forumite
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    !!!!!! is a "surveillanced" team? Surveillance team maybe?
    A bone article from a bone paper for boneheads.
    The lads also did not each have a machine gun as a machine gun is a support weapon not an individual weapon, maybe they mean a submachine gun/automatic carbine. Anyone who served in the SAS or any Combat or Combat Support arm would know the difference.
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  • vaio
    vaio Posts: 12,287 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Strider590 wrote: »
    Stories like this are great...... "We got our information from someone we can't name and they'll deny all knowledge if anyone asks", no Police report was filed and nobody else know's anything about it.

    All that's missing from the report is "this all occurred 24 days ago".

    I could make up stories like that ALL day long and nobody would believe me, but slap it in The Sun and what do we have?

    And probably not coincidental that it appeared at the same time as the recruitment crisis scare stories for the SAS/SBS either
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