Sunday, March 28, 2010

Man arrested on firearms charge for having 15ft flame thrower on back of scooter - Update

Colin Furze, a plumber who adapted his scooter to shoot 15ft flames from the rear, has been arrested for an alleged firearms offence.

Mr Furze, 30, displayed his modified his scooter, with an anti-tailgating flame thrower operated by the flick of switch, in the press earlier this week.

But Lincolnshire Police spotted the pictures of Mr Furze allegedly riding his scooter on a public highway – and arrested him on Thursday.



He was held on suspicion of possessing an object converted into a firearm, and was released on unconditional police bail without charge until May 6 pending further police investigation.

Possession of a firearm carries a maximum prison sentence of five to seven years at Crown Court.

A Lincolnshire Police spokesman said: ''A man was arrested on suspicion of possessing an object converted to a firearm on Thursday. He was released on unconditional bail.''

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5 comments:

arbroath said...

clearly a publicity stunt..

arbroath said...

I like that his surname "Furze" is the german word for "Farts"....

arbroath said...

Yep.

Serves as a warning and signal to copycats that might be out there that would like to also have such gadgets on their scooters.........

arbroath said...

LOL, I saw this one coming a mile off when I read the first story.  What a muppet.

Andrew said...

Possession of a firearm carries a maximum prison sentence of five to seven years, wow. still they have to maintain absolute control. slaves dont own guns, only free people do....