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Ports on security alert after report of a truck loaded with explosives
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• Ports around the UK are beefing up their checks on CVs following warnings of a possible attack on a ferry bound for the UK.
This follows reports from French and Dutch intelligence services suggesting that a truck loaded with explosives would try to board a cross-Channel ferry As CM went to press spokes men for Dover Port, P&O and Sea France confirmed that vehicle checks and driver questioning had been stepped up since the warning, but they dismissed the possibility of delays, saying it was "business as usual".
Downing Street played down the situation, stressing that the intelligence had been found to be unreliable.
III In the past week one horrified driver told CM that security appeared lax at Dover.
He says that on 6 November up to eight Turkish trucks were allowed to pass through the port unchecked: "They went straight through, yet Turkey is on the border of Iraq," tie says.