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Containers from Kerala used in London attacks?

G. Anand

British police say the containers were manufactured and supplied by a Thiruvananthapuram firm

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: An important clue to the recent terrorist attacks in London may lie in plastic food storage containers exported from Kerala to the U.K. and sold through retail outlets in that country.

A Thirvananthapuram-based company, which exports moulded plastic articles to the U.K., was contacted by the London Metropolitan Police investigating the bomb attacks. The BBC reported the Anti-Terrorist Branch's claim that all five bombs that failed to explode "were placed inside dark-coloured rucksacks or sports bags" and "all of them were made using the same type of plastic food storage containers."

According to the Metropolitan Police website, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke told the media on July 25 that the containers were made in India and exported through a company to the U.K. and then sold in approximately 100 outlets across the country. "The type we are interested is this six-and-a-quarter-litre container with a white plastic lid. It has a label describing it as `Delta 6250 with Lid,' and also has another coloured label with the description `Family Containers, Delta, Superior Quality,'" he said. "The police are only interested in the white lid variety."

Export unit

The British police have now found that the 6.25-litre containers were manufactured and supplied by `Family Plastics,' a manufacturer of injection moulded plastic articles at Manvila here. The company is a Rs. 4-crore manufacturing and export unit owned by Simson A. Fernandez, a local resident. London shopkeepers stocking similar containers have been asked to contact the police if they had sold five or more such containers recently.

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