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breacher wrote:Of course it COULD have been a legal when a foreigner is found in possession of such a receipt for an ammo transaction ?

For example he could have been the equivalent of a Section 5 Dealer where he came from before becoming a refugee / economic migrant.

I thought dodgy deals would be paid for in briefcases of cash / bearer bonds / diamonds with no "receipt" or "invoice" given !!


I would imagine that if a UK RFD or Sect 5 dealer was found abroad with a receipt for large quantities of ammo LEGALLY transacted, he too would be "helping Police with there enquiries".

You must admit $28mn worth of ammo and a cargo plane in Libya doesn't sound good.......

breacher wrote:Of course it COULD have been a legal when a foreigner is found in possession of such a receipt for an ammo transaction ?

For example he could have been the equivalent of a Section 5 Dealer where he came from before becoming a refugee / economic migrant.

I thought dodgy deals would be paid for in briefcases of cash / bearer bonds / diamonds with no "receipt" or "invoice" given !!


I would imagine that if a UK RFD or Sect 5 dealer was found abroad with a receipt for large quantities of ammo LEGALLY transacted, he too would be "helping Police with there enquiries".

Yes, we make mistakes, but I am afraid that with the current climate no body with half an ounce of sense is going to ignore this sort of thing Bri.

The bonus to all the experts on here is that unless it directly affect them, its a win win situation.

Win 1

Hey, plod did well, they nicked the b****** selling ammo to ISIS

or

Win 2

Hey, he was an RFD minding his own business.....silly plod....

No I am not being - just playing Devils Advocate is all !!

And I never said it should be "ignored" by Police. They come across lots of things daily. Many look suspicious but turn out to be innocent. I worked in a glorified barn in Essex for a few months on 5000 AKs. Now, if a copper blundered in there and found a Paddy with 5000 AKMs, stacked in green transit cases of 10 per, it would be arrest first and ask questions later. And you can be assured the media headline would be amazing ( the retraction very small print on page 7 a few weeks later ) Some scenarios LOOK unbelievable but are totally innocent.

Its just this "invoice" is a bit convenient.

A bit like the terrorists passport found on the pavement at the base of the twin towers

I am not in the habit of buying prohibited things but I am fairly sure if I popped down the pub to buy a shooter, handed over my cash and asked for an invoice, I would not get very far.

Likewise, the illegal "Lord of War" type deals dont tend to generate invoices.

Now, whoever sold the millions of rounds and issued the invoice, clearly thought it was a legal transaction - if it was not, why incriminate themselves supplying an invoice !!!

Yes, maybe this guy IS a bad guy - but the invoice smells fishy to me.

Anyway, I am sure it will all come out in the wash. Or not.