Thursday, 5 July 2012

Megabus M6 Toll closure: ‘Armed police aimed at us’


BBC
Thursday, July 5, 2012


A passenger on the Megabus coach at the centre of a police alert on the M6 Toll road said police pointed guns at them as they got off the bus.


Police were called after reports of “vapour” coming from a bag on board the Preston to London bus – which turned out to be from an electronic cigarette.


Police said the suspicions raised were “genuine” but unfounded.


For the 48 passengers on the coach a trip to London resulted in dramatic scenes as armed police swooped to close the road and secure the coach.


Jenny Lister was one of those onboard.


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