Police divers search for human remains after van found in lock
POLICE divers searched the River Lea in East London for possible human remains after a motor-camper caravan was discovered submerged in a deep lick. The vehicle was dumped in the Old Ford Lock, near Hackney Wick, after being stolen in 2005, a police number plate check later confirmed
By Hannah Roberts
POLICE divers have searched the River Lea in East London for possible human remains after a motor-camper caravan was discovered submerged in a deep lick.
The vehicle was dumped in the Old Ford Lock, near Hackney Wick, after being stolen in 2005, a police number plate check later confirmed.
It was discovered last Friday by British Waterways engineers dredging the riverbed ready for transport barges delivering materials to the massive 2012 Olympics building site nearby. Hi-tech underwater cameras spotted the outline of the van which brought the dredging operations to a halt.
As many as 30 bodies have been found in the murky stretch of river between Bow Bridge and Hackney Wick since the 1970s, according to waterways officials. So police were taking no chances.
Police divers were brought in yesterday (Wednesday) from their Thames river HQ at Wapping to search the vehicle before it was hauled up—in case there were human remains inside.
Most Read
- 1 Bethnal Green officers sacked over 'abhorrent and discriminatory' messages
- 2 Jailed: 8 east London offenders put behind bars in June
- 3 Three stabbed in Chrisp Street chicken shop
- 4 Police officer sacked for 'turning blind eye’ to criminal husband
- 5 Former Tower Hamlets councillor publishes autobiography on life as a hijabi woman
- 6 Bow Lock murder defendants blame each other for fatal attack
- 7 Five classic Rolling Stones moments at BST Hyde Park
- 8 8 charged after drugs raids in Hackney and Tower Hamlets
- 9 Woman treated at scene as 40 firefighters called to Bow tower block
- 10 Man accused of Yasmin Begum killing denies murder and burglary
But they found nothing and the vehicle was winched to the surface by crane and loaded onto a trailer on the quayside and taken away to British Waterways’ yard in Enfield.
