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'MI6 terror photographs' found on £17 c amera bought on eBay
2008-10-01 09:06

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1064589/MI6-terror-photographs-camera-bought-eBay.html By Daily Mail Reporter 30th September 2008 Police are investigating the eBay auction of a digital camera said to have contained MI6 images of terror suspects. Suspects' faces, names and fingerprints, as well as snaps of rocket launchers and missiles, were discovered by an online bidder who bought the camera for £17, it was reported. The 28-year-old only found the images when he downloaded his own recent holiday snaps from the Nikon CoolPix. He told police and was shocked when Special Branch officers arrived at his home in Hemel Hempstead, Herts, days later to seize the camera. Officers are said to have made five visits to his home in the last week to quiz him and his family. [...]


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