A TERRIFYING flaw in London’s Olympic Park security was exposed last night after a worker smuggled a fake BOMB inside.
He sailed past TWO checkpoints without being stopped — just hours before the Olympic Stadium officially opened.
These pictures show the dummy Semtex device inside a heavily-guarded ring of steel — just yards from the showpiece Olympic Stadium.
It looks like a bomb, it’s wired like a bomb and it has a timer like a bomb. But incredibly a worker carrying it in his digger was simply allowed to drive in UNCHALLENGED.
This is a taste of Britain’s worst Olympic nightmare — that extremists such as al-Qaeda could stage a terror spectacular to stun the world.
The Sun had earlier passed the worker the package after he called us worried about gaping security loopholes at the East London site.
These pictures show the dummy Semtex device inside a heavily-guarded ring of steel — just yards from the showpiece Olympic Stadium.
It looks like a bomb, it’s wired like a bomb and it has a timer like a bomb. But incredibly a worker carrying it in his digger was simply allowed to drive in UNCHALLENGED.
The Sun had earlier passed the worker the package after he called us worried about gaping security loopholes at the East London site.
When we showed them our evidence last night the Home Office said: “LOCOG (the Games organisers) are responsible for the security of the Olympic Park. We have asked them to look into this incident and report back to the Home Secretary urgently.”
The bill for security at the Olympics is £1billion and there are 23,700 guards — boosted by nearly 14,000 troops at key times. The Olympic Park is surrounded by an 11-mile electric fence costing £80million.
The bill for security at the Olympics is £1billion and there are 23,700 guards — boosted by nearly 14,000 troops at key times. The Olympic Park is surrounded by an 11-mile electric fence costing £80million.
An already-vetted worker could bring in materials for a deadly suicide bomb mission. The loophole exposed by us shows just how easily that could happen. Our worried worker contacted The Sun after realising he was only ever searched when he first arrived each morning.
He said: “If I was an athlete or even a foreign official I’d be very worried.
“It was so simple to expose, but how can this be happening so close to the Games?
“It was so simple to expose, but how can this be happening so close to the Games?
Worried ... site worker, with identity protected
“I came forward because things need to be tightened up fast.”
The contractor, like every other worker on site, was properly vetted before landing his job at the Park. Last night security expert and Tory MP Patrick Mercer said: “This is exactly the sort of tactic used by the IRA in the past.
“I had hoped that we had learned our lessons. I trust this loophole will now be closed.”
LOCOG said: “We would like to thank The Sun for bringing this matter to our attention.
“We will investigate this as we take any breach of security seriously. As you would expect our security increases significantly the closer we get to the Games.
“The Park and the Village will be searched and sealed before it is locked down for the Games.”
“I came forward because things need to be tightened up fast.”
The contractor, like every other worker on site, was properly vetted before landing his job at the Park. Last night security expert and Tory MP Patrick Mercer said: “This is exactly the sort of tactic used by the IRA in the past.
“I had hoped that we had learned our lessons. I trust this loophole will now be closed.”
LOCOG said: “We would like to thank The Sun for bringing this matter to our attention.
“We will investigate this as we take any breach of security seriously. As you would expect our security increases significantly the closer we get to the Games.
“The Park and the Village will be searched and sealed before it is locked down for the Games.”
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