Bomb squad called in at Largs yesterday

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Two men arrested after bomb squad called to marina following evacuation

 

[Yngmar]

Someone tried getting rid of their old flares?

 

[ProDave]

Does "not viable" mean it was a home made bomb that was unlikely to work? Or it was something else, not a bomb, that happened to look a bit odd?

 

[Biggles Wader]

Someone found a boat with a Vire engine and thought it might go off.

 

[Minerva]

Quite an odd event - most probably some flares found (dumped on lifeboat?) but seems quite the strong response! would be interesting to hear more about what happened!

 

[Chiara’s slave]

It’s always the drugs squad round here, not the bomb squad.

 

[Stemar]

I notice the men were "arrested in connection with a Breach of the Peace.” So a punch-up.

I get that; insult my boat and I'm liable to get explosive

 

[Bouba]

are they forumites?

 

[Sandy]

Of course fighting in Largs is not a new thing

Battle of Largs - Wikipedia

and the marina is not far from The Pencil.

 

[Concerto]

Someone found a boat with a Vire engine and thought it might go off.

They should have sent the Vire brigade.

 

[Graham376]

Maybe they were manufacturing an Orca deterrent.