Cab of stolen haz-mat truck found; fertilizer still at large (UPDATE)

AP ^ | 10/18/01 | WAYNE PARRY

[World'sGoneInsane]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- The cab from a stolen tractor-trailer carrying fertilizer and pesticides was found Thursday, but the hazardous cargo remained at large, police said. Elizabeth Police and the FBI found the cab abandoned on Route 1&9 at Bond Street at 8:54 a.m. It was towed to a State Police forensic laboratory to be tested for evidence.

[World'sGoneInsane]

Well, they found the truck, NOT the trailer. Maybe they will find some evidence in the cab.

[rebdov]

Heading toward the tunnels? I was told that the Port Authority is carefully inspecting trailers before they can enter the tunnels. Is this true? How tight is the police presence by the tunnels now?

[stilts]

I would have preferred they find the fertilizer and not the cab.

[atafak]

I do not understand why it would be so difficult to find out what the exact fertilizer was. Trucks are not just loaded up with random cargoes and sent down the road.

[World'sGoneInsane]

I doubt they are loaded radomly, especially chemicals or fertilizers. They have to have some sort of bill of lading, I would think.

[techdawg2k]

I agree. Perhaps they should interview the driver? Naah, wouldnt want to start a panic...

[dbbeebs]

If it's the right type of insecticide, beware of sarin nerve gas!

Do you mean to say that the trailer was carrying nerve gas? How interesting.

[okisok]

You can count on them knowing exactly what is in that trailer.

[World'sGoneInsane]

I agree. Perhaps they should interview the driver? Naah, wouldnt want to start a panic...

Bing, bing, bing...they have to know, the driver would know, you are correct.

[Soul Citizen]

They really need to locate this stuff, and put out a warning about just what it could be used for, worst case.

[World'sGoneInsane]

Something else, why would they even bother to change cabs? Any ideas.

[fone]

WHAT??? And interrupt the "All Anthrax All The Time" broadcasts?

/sarcasm>

[fone]

My guess:

a) they have a different cab to use (and may have painted over the truck part)
b) ???

[Aliska]

Something else, why would they even bother to change cabs? Any ideas.

Maybe they thought there was a transponder? Must have been another reason.

Which brings me to the point that we desperately need a reliable tracking system for all tractor trailers, busses, and trains, managed from a central control point. And we need it yesterday!

And we'd better be watching RV's, too! I suppose in a sense they are but they would be easier to sneak into some places and can hold lots of "cargo".

[Bogie]

Yikes!

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Well, it's not horse apples...you can get that for free around here.

[techdawg2k]

Cant these trailers also be loaded onto trains and ships??? Maybe they thought the cab had a low-jack. Their ability to scout out these items leads me to believe that there are many more than we think out there and they have been planning things for some time.

[classygreeneyedblonde]

So that means that there is another missing cab somewhere.....hmmmmm