An artist's rendition of a plumber

Police find link between skilled workers and serious crime.

This week Kazi Nurur Rahman, a plumber from London, was arrested under the Terrorism Act for possessing an Uzi sub-machine gun and 3,000 rounds.

But this has only been the most recent arrest in a trend that dates back to as early as 2002.

A joiner from Hounslow was jailed in February this year for being a warlord in Iraq on weekends when his wife let him out. An electrician was also jailed in 2003 for masterminding the theft of four nuclear warheads from his semi-detached house in Trilby-on-Sea and a painter and decorator from Chichester has been on the run since 2002 for hacking into the secret files of the CIA.

PC Arnold von Strawberry commented yesterday, “We are going to keep an eye on all skilled workers until we discover whether there is an actual link or whether it’s just coincidence.”

Some critics believe the parameters are too narrow. Sybil Blefferty, a Liberal Democrat MP, opined, “I think the Police should widen their search to other jobs such as shop-keepers, librarians and dog-walkers.”