Missing tanker worries FBI
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Friday, November 12, 2004
Officials fear terrorists might have it
By TOM LOUNSBERRY
Courier-Post Staff
PENNSAUKEN
The FBI is concerned about a tanker missing since April from TK Transportation, saying it may be in the hands of terrorists because no sign of the truck has surfaced.
"Usually when a tanker is stolen, someone uses it to fill it with a toxic chemical or something that they don't want to dispose of legally," said FBI spokeswoman Jerri Williams. "They abandon it on the side of a road or somewhere. Even if someone stole it to strip it for parts, the shell would remain. But there has been no trace of the tanker anywhere."
Tankers filled with gasoline or other chemicals have been used as bombs by terrorists outside the United States for years.
Williams said the tanker bore the markings "TK."
"It could be parked along a street, in a lot, at a warehouse, or in a barn somewhere. We just don't know where it is or who may have it. We want people to be on the lookout for it," she said.
The empty, four-compartment truck, which is capable of carrying about 9,200 gallons of fuel, was taken from the TK Transport Terminal on Derousse Avenue sometime between April 8 and 12.
The tanker had a New Jersey license plate number T852SC and a New Jersey Motor Fuel Tag Number 15148.
WHERE TO CALL
Anyone with information about the tanker is asked to call either the FBI at (215) 418-4000 or Pennsauken Police at (856) 488-0080.