UK Police to Test Beverage Bottles for Acid in Strengthened Stop-and-Search Powers

UK Police to Test Beverage Bottles for Acid in Strengthened Stop-and-Search Powers
Some areas of London have seen a rash of gang-related acid attacks carried out by men against other men. (Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
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LONDON—Otherwise innocent-looking beverage bottles, filled with acid or other dangerous liquids by criminals, have become increasingly devastating as weapons on UK streets.

But now, police will have the power to search people carrying plastic bottles and test them on the spot under new government proposals that will strengthen so-called stop-and-search powers to include “corrosive substances.”
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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