Posted on 03/18/2004 4:46:06 PM PST by RaceBannon
AP source: Queens workers take suspicious trash to police
By DONNA DE LA CRUZ Associated Press Writer
March 17, 2004, 5:39 PM EST
NEW YORK -- A box containing material that warned about terrorist activities and books on electronic circuitry and aircraft was found by sanitation workers collecting garbage on a Queens street on Wednesday and was taken to a police precinct, a high-level police source told The Associated Press.
As a precaution, police scanned the workers' garbage truck for radioactivity and got a reading high enough to prompt them to evacuate the 114th Precinct, but the box and the truck's contents were later deemed not hazardous, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...
A RELATED LINK, i THINK...raid of his place was the same day as your article:
MARCH 17, 2004 : (CT : NUCLEAR ENGINEER SYED R MASWOOD’S HOME IS RAIDED-— See BIF, BABAR AHMAD {Cousin of MOHAMMED NAEEM NOOR KHAN, FINSBURYPARKCELL}) Federal agents raided Maswood’s home March 17, seizing computer equipment and financial records, he said. Investigators discovered his e-mail address among files used to maintain a Web site that funneled money and equipment to terrorists, according to the affidavit, which was unsealed Friday in New Haven as part of an international terrorism probe. From his home, Maswood runs North American Technical Services, which exports nuclear detection instruments, water treatment devices and environmental equipment to Middle East and Asian governments. -— “Feds Investigating Conn. Nuclear Engineer In Terror Case,” AP via WNBC.com, POSTED: 1:13 pm EDT August 11, 2004 UPDATED: 1:17 pm EDT August 11, 2004 , http://www.wnbc.com/news/3643309/detail.html
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.