Cocaine yacht

[zoidberg]

This story tells of the seizure of a sailing yacht off Pembroke, and the 750-odd kilos of cocaine found....

Smugglers jailed

I wonder what was meant by 'anti-surveillance devices'....

 

[[70521]]

Do keep up at the back

Drugs

 

[zoidberg]

You are a cheeky chappie, SiliSandiFraeScotstoun.

Let me try again: "I wonder what was meant by 'anti-surveillance devices'.... "

 

[Stemar]

Presumably one could jam radar, but I'd have thought all that would do is paint a nice bright line on the screen pointing at you. A yacht with no radar reflector is a fairly stealthy thing, but you'd want a good wet, windy day to hide effectively in a thing that size.

From what I understood, they were picked up because a mobile phone hooked up to a mast. Simple lesson, use a burner - better, use one burner abroad and another approaching the UK, though I doubt it would help much once you're seriously in the sights of HMRC, so the first thing to do is not run aground and attract attention, especially when you're a known villain rather than a yotty. Still, only the stupid or unlucky ones get caught.

 

[langstonelayabout]

I wonder what was meant by 'anti-surveillance devices'....

It was probably the use of the 'Jedi mind trick' whilst afloat.

They must have held up a sign saying 'HMRC - this is not the yacht you are looking for'...

 

[zoidberg]

"Nothing to see here. Move along, please, good sirs and madames...."

 

[sarabande]

"... nothing to see..."

Prezackly. The small (series G) Klingon cloaking device in use again. Except that the Type 45 Samson radar can find an known unknown as easily as a unknown known.

 

[capnsensible]

Go deep.

 

[scotty123]

Go deep.

The Enemy Below.