Transgender Woman Found With Grenades and 2,000 Bullets in Her Home.

A transgender woman kept grenades and 2,000 bullets but neither the anti-terrorism squad nor the media level her as potential terrorist, and made no explanation as to why she have such dangerous weapons in her possession.

Heather Exley was a man at the time of the arrest in April 2014, but he traveled to Thailand for transgender surgery. He/ she was trusted on bail to travel to Thailand for surgery of transitioning from a man to woman.

 If she were a Muslim, the news will echoes around the globe and she will be tagged as “Islamic Jihadist” or “Muslim Terrorist”

However, the man representing Exley said, police had therefore made thorough checks and it was accepted there was no sinister or ulterior motive for the explosives and ammunition. 

Hand grenades found at heather Exley's house

A woman stored hand grenades, other explosive materials and 2,000 rounds of ammunition in her house. The 45 year -old woman named Heather Exley has been jailed for three years after police discovered the huge cache of ammunition and grenades in her house.

Heather Exley appeared at Leeds Crown Court, where a judge was told that the hoard of explosives posed a clear danger to a residential area but they still do not know her motivation was for keeping such items.

The north-east counter terrorism unit said officers attended Exley’s home in Penn Drive, Liversedge, West Yorkshire, in April 2014 as part of a drugs inquiry. They found hundreds of rounds of ammunition – including cartridges, hollow-point bullets and soft-nose bullets – improvised hand grenades, partially constructed hand grenades, improvised detonators, the explosive PETN and other explosive material.

Cartridges, hollow point bullets and soft nose bullets were discovered

Specialists searched the house for a number of days following the initial discovery. Exley was charged with 10 offences under the Explosives Act and three offences under the Firearms Act and pleaded guilty to all the offences in November last year.

DCS Clive Wain, head of the unit, said: “I hope today’s outcome at court sends a message to the public that the possession of highly volatile chemicals and explosives is not only extremely dangerous but is also likely to constitute a serious criminal offence.

“Exley had stored these chemicals and explosives in a house in a well-populated residential area and there is no knowing what might have happened had they been ignited, either accidentally or deliberately

Pistol clips found at heather Exley's house

“It is still not clear what Exley’s motives were for obtaining the chemicals, or possessing large quantities of ammunition without the appropriate certification.

“Whether it was a fascination with explosives and firearms, or her intention was more concerning, thankfully the items were removed before any further steps could be taken.”

Excerpt from Sky News and Daily Mail Uk