British soldier fined for carrying Rambo-like arsenal

A 21-year-old British soldier who was compared in court to the movie character Rambo has been fined £600 (€873) in the North after being caught with an arsenal of illegal weapons.

The Scottish man, stationed in Omagh, Co Tyrone, was arrested after a gas-operated pistol, an extendable baton and a Kubaton with a concealed blade was found in his luggage as he boarded a ferry in Belfast in June 2004.