Have you got their number / address Chaos?
BTW: My brother was telling me about an article in the sun newspaper the other day regarding Police hunting a guy who had just brought a Phantom 21 in the Essex / Kent area. The guy is suspected of using the boat for drug smuggling. Made me think of you chaos! (I wont tell!).
Anyway intrigued by this I went off in search of the story. A copy of which is below.
Edition 3GMD MON 05 JUL 2004, Page 18
Pair 'murdered on Channel drug run';Exclusive
IAN HEPBURN IN DE PANNE, BELGIUM
TWO suspected drug smugglers may have been murdered on a trip to
Europe, a Sun investigation has found.
Tony Dugdale, 43, and Richard Patwell, 42 -who have criminal records
-told relatives they were on a "fishing trip."
They took a car towing a powerful speedboat on a Channel ferry to
France and haven't been seen since.
Police launched an air and sea search fearing the pair had been hit
by a ferry trying to come back across the Channel. But no debris or
bodies were found.
Dugdale's red Mercedes estate has since been found abandoned by a
wood in De Panne, Belgium, near the French border.
Cops suspect the pair may have been killed for their cash.
The 21ft Phantom boat is also missing. It was bought by Dugdale, of
Dartford, Kent, in a false name for Pounds 8,000 four days before the
trip. A senior National Crime Squad source said: "This whole case
stinks. These men clearly travelled to buy a commodity. Heroin is
most likely. People with cash for this are big targets."
Another Pounds 20,000 rigid inflatable boat owned by Dugdale and a
Mitsubishi 4x4 owned by Patwell, of Alloa, Scotland, are also missing.
* IF you have information on the pair ring the police on 020 8721
3557 or The Sun on 020 7782 4105.
NO wonder you can afford a new one! Your secrets safe with us mate
Have u got her on the water yet?
