Police arrest two after chemical find

Police arrest two after chemical find

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LONDON (Reuters) - Police said on Friday they had arrested two men under anti-terrorism laws after finding two containers marked "hydrogen peroxide", the chemical used in the 2005 suicide bombings in London.

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They discovered this through drugs-related offences with one man from Afghanistan and the other from Somalia being arrested in the Bristol area.

More on this will be brought to our attention throughout the days to come, perhaps including how much of the stuff they actually had.

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At first I thought this sounded a bit excessive, since Hydrogen peroxide is a relatively common
chemical substance to own by anyone, but 50 liters of it and the possibility of it being
industrial grade, well that changed my mind.

Considering the circumstances, the idea that this was a plan for a terror related activity is
pretty high, though I suppose to they could have been using it for drug production,
but regardless better safe than sorry.

[edit on 7/20/2007 by iori_komei]