News from the war on terror frontline: when anglers become terrorists

GetReading reports:

Three anglers claim they were arrested under anti-terror laws in Woodley after using laser pens to frighten ducks away from their bait hooks.

The three men were taken into Loddon Valley Police Station late on Friday, March 7, and two were held overnight, DNA tested, fingerprinted and then released without charge…

[One of the three] said they were told they had been arrested for “endangering aircraft”…

A police spokesman clarified later that the men were arrested under the Air Navigation Order 2005 – not terror laws.

Whether or not it was anti-terrorism legislation isn’t really the point. It’s more a question of how many low-flying aircraft about to crash into ducks swimming on the river there are which need protection from laser pens. I’m guessing the answer is “zero”.

Hat-tip: Mark Reckons.