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Posted on 07/01/2004 7:19:36 AM PDT by esryle
State and federal investigators surrounded a van not far from the nuclear power plant near Berwick Tuesday. It happened after a group of five men asked for directions to the plant, saying they wanted to go fishing.
At a time the whole nation is on high alert, the terror scare hit close to home. Five men, four from Bangladesh and one from Pakistan were pulled over on Route 11 around 11:00 Tuesday morning. All the men live in New York City. Police wanted to know if they were terrorists on their way to the nuclear power plant near Berwick.
The commotion was a scary sight for people who live around the area.
"Who knows. Who knows what goes on today? That's the reason I keep my doors locked," said Catherine Rinehimer of Salem Township.
Police said the drama began when the men stopped at the Pennsylvania/New Jersey border. They said they wanted to go fishing and were asking for directions to the nuclear plant. The river near the plant is a popular fishing spot. A statewide alert was put out and that's when the van was stopped.
A bomb sniffing dog was brought in and nothing was found. Police searched the van and stirred up even more suspicion. No fishing equipment was found.
Security has been beefed up at the plant in case the men were acting as diversions to police. Police said you can never be careful.
After being questioned, the five men left the police barracks. They face no charges.
Hope it's a lead-lined door.
Well hopefully they will be followed...
They werent fishing, at least not for fish.
Hopefully, they were kept in the barracks long enough to place at least a GPS system in the vehicle.
Do ya think they asked this question directly?
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