Subject: [NEXTEL-1] Coastguard hoax calls - suspect released

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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 02:07:40 -0500

BBC News, UK - Jan 14, 2004
Coastguard hoax calls - suspect released

A man arrested on suspicion of making hoax calls to coastguard resulting in
lifeboats being launched has been released.
North Wales Police, who arrested a 58-year-old man from Penmaenmawr, Conwy, on
Wednesday said the official communications regulator OFCOM was now in charge of
the investigation.

The man has been released while OFCOM prepares a prosecution file.
Just before Christmas a hoax call sent a Llandudno lifeboat out in a gale and
there were two similar calls to fake incidents
off the north Wales coast.

Coastguards at Holyhead and Liverpool said the calls were made on a VHF radio
using the maritime distress channel.
The calls are similar to those made to the other emergency services in north
Wales - who have collectively more than
2,600 bogus callouts in the past 12 months.

Story from BBC NEWS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/3397621.stm
Published: 2004/01/15 15:42:47 GMT

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