Suspect held after raid on Australia navy vessel

[Jimbuna]

Well done....quick action and the required result

A man has been arrested in the northern Australian city of Darwin after weapons were stolen in a raid on a navy vessel.
Two shotguns and 12 pistols had been taken from a navy patrol boat moored at HMAS Coonawarra naval base at about midnight on Thursday. All the weapons have been recovered.
The attacker, dressed in military clothing and wearing a balaclava, had overpowered and tied up a sailor.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20565255

[troopie]

It's great news they've recaptured the weapons, we certainly don't need them on the streets (but who'd know where they were headed?).

I can't help find the whole saga a little funny/odd though. I've currently been working at the base and I've gotta say, security seems very rudimentary.

The media are saying things like: Police and Navy are investigating how the security was breached. Well, in all honesty the guy would've simply walked up to the boat!

What I don't get though is why the perpetrator needed only to confront one crewman? Were the rest asleep? I'm sure there's gonna be some major arse kicking over this one!

Anyway there'll probably be some positives come out of this; no doubt, at the very least, security will be stepped up to a more apropriate level! As a sub-contractor my job's been put off for the moment anyway.