Updated: 15 Feb 2021, 16:54
A POLICE vehicle used to control riots during the Troubles has sold in England for €3,555.
The fortified 26-ton RUC truck was mounted with a water cannon to disperse troublemakers in 1970 and has sold on eBay for £3,100.
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The fortified RUC truck as it looks now
Military equipment specialists Allsops of Bolton said it is believed to be the only one of its kind still in existence, after being kept outside a museum for over two decades.
Jonathan Allsop said: “We have had a lot of enquiries, a lot of people have come forward and told us about the engine…It has restoration potential and to be quite honest it should be restored.”
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