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Calais: Two Britons Arrested At The Port With Rocket Launchers In Their Car (Returning From Ukraine)
BFM-TV France ^ | 7/16/2023 | LK

Posted on 07/16/2023 7:17:29 PM PDT by Nextrush

Two young Britons returning from a humanitarian mission were arrested by customs in possession of category C weapons.

It is an unusual cargo which was intercepted by customs officers in Calais on May 7th. During a routine check in a vehicle bound for England and returning from Ukraine, officials discovered two rocket launchers, 14 casings struck and the remains of a bullet-proof vest, reports this Saturday Voice of the North...

(Excerpt) Read more at bfmtv.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Ukraine; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bidenlegacy; russia; ukrainewar
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Nothing one of those "humanitarian missions" to Ukraine.

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1 posted on 07/16/2023 7:17:29 PM PDT by Nextrush
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To: Nextrush

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43mq4LQ_ybo


2 posted on 07/16/2023 7:22:40 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (Wake me up when somebody tells the truth.)
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To: Nextrush

Soon to be cluster bombs.


3 posted on 07/16/2023 7:22:42 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: blackdog

Lacking the appropriate 155mm artillery pieces, such weapons being rather inconvenient to move, they will have to throw the cluster bombs Olympic shotput style. But with each 155mm shell weighing 40kg I gather its going to take a bit of “personal development”.


4 posted on 07/16/2023 7:30:44 PM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: Nextrush

As stated....”Two young British returning from a ‘humanitarian mission’......

Cha-ching cha- Ching.


5 posted on 07/16/2023 7:41:26 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......)
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To: buwaya

Sales.


6 posted on 07/16/2023 7:43:51 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: Nextrush

According to my understanding of the French, they were already rendered unusable as weapons.


7 posted on 07/16/2023 7:50:15 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (ARTICLE I SECTION 2....The President...may require the opinion, in writing)
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To: Nextrush

Two Britons named Mohammed?


8 posted on 07/16/2023 7:52:31 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Nextrush

Ochmed and friend.

wy69


9 posted on 07/16/2023 7:54:25 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: Nextrush
category C weapons

A rocket launcher is pretty useless without a rocket, the remains of a bullet proof vest sounds pretty useless as well. I have no idea what they are calling a 'casing struck'. a shell or bullet casing after the projectile has been fired? Not quite as useless as the other items if someone does their own re-loading.

10 posted on 07/16/2023 8:00:31 PM PDT by PAR35
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Welcome to Customs. Are you carrying any fruit, tobacco, rocket launchers?


11 posted on 07/16/2023 8:24:10 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: PAR35

That’s what I took “casings struck” to mean. The casing left after the shell was fired.

Sounds like they had souvenirs.


12 posted on 07/16/2023 9:00:05 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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Welcome to Customs. Are you carrying any fruit, tobacco, rocket launchers?

No, sir, but I have an F-16 in the trailer. The President said I needed one.

13 posted on 07/16/2023 9:01:31 PM PDT by TigersEye (Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
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To: Nextrush

The article doesn’t name the “Britons,” but it’s a safe bet that their first names are not Charles, Diana, Archibald or Henry.


14 posted on 07/16/2023 9:20:41 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Nextrush

Humanitarian mission to smuggle grenade launchers


15 posted on 07/16/2023 10:14:51 PM PDT by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: TigersEye

+1


16 posted on 07/16/2023 11:02:18 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Gene Eric

17 posted on 07/16/2023 11:50:10 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Nextrush

“If I had a rocket launcher...”


18 posted on 07/17/2023 2:51:27 AM PDT by sauropod (Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”)
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To: mass55th

The media labeled them Britons we know better


19 posted on 07/17/2023 3:42:26 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Nextrush

Most likely the same stuff we could buy in an army surplus store. Spend launch tube and some spend shell casings.


20 posted on 07/17/2023 4:32:49 AM PDT by gunnut
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