Posted on 08/11/2006 11:08:06 AM PDT by george76
Around 1:00am August 11th three men purchased cell phones from the Wal-Mart store on M-81 near the corner of M-24 in Caro.
Wal-Mart places a limit on the number of cell phones that can be purchased at once, that number is three.
The three men allegedly bought 80 by purchasing them three at time so that an alert wouldn't be triggered by the cash register.
They also paid cash.
An alert clerk grew suspicious and called Tuscola County central dispatch. The Caro Police Department sent a unit and stopped the rented van on M-81 just east of Caro. The suspects were headed towards Bad Axe on M-81 where there is another Super Wal-Mart.
The three men were described as being of Pakistani descent but live in Texas.
Police say the three, ages 19, 22, and 23 appear to be naturalized citizens.
One man was driving while the other two were in the back opening the phone packages with box cutters throwing the phones in one box, batteries in another and the packaging and phone charger in another container.
The suspects had 1000 other cell phones in the van. There was also a bag of receipts showing that someone was in Wisconsin the day before.
The phones were Nokia Tracfones selling for $20 at Wal-Mart. For your twenty dollars you receive a phone charger and 40 minutes of airtime.
The phones do not have to be registered with a name.
Also discovered was a laptop with store addresses and store logos.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnem.com ...
Man, their "friends and family" plan bill will be huge.
(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)
So they buy em for $20 sell them for $38 out of the back of thier van perhaps with the implication that they are hot and don't disclose that they are only good for 40 minutes of airtime.
They sound like dishonest business men but not terrorists.
Well, 216 are gifts for the virgins...
Last week, the Grafton ( Ohio ) police pulled over 24-year-old Hashem Sayed for a routine traffic stop. But what they found in his car was far from routine. Patrolman Daniel Laymon recalls the scene, "There were multiple cell phones, roughly 150 to 200 cell phones from multiple retailers," he said.
Buying that many pre-paid phones is not a crime, but the police say it is unusual.
Less than a week later, the authorities in Marietta, Ohio, arrested 20-year-old Osma Sabhi Abulhassan and 20-year-old Ali Houssaiky. Washington County Sheriffs deputies seized several pre-paid cell phones and thousands of dollars in cash. Because of the incidents, Grafton police believe the events are connected.
http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=12983
Well. Those who were whining about the WV guys who bought 100 cell phones should pay attention now.
It's not just about individual rights, you know. Sometimes, suspicious stuff has to be investigated.
That write up left out this part
The phones were Nokia Tracfones selling for $20 at Wal-Mart. For your twenty dollars you receive a phone charger and 40 minutes of airtime. The phones do not have to be registered with a name. Also discovered was a laptop with store addresses and store logos.
The men have been "cooperative, upfront, not hiding" anything according to police. They also told officers they get stopped frequently and say they buy the phones for $20 and sell them elsewhere for $38. They sell them without the packaging or charger.
ROFLMAO!
Caro, Michigan is roughly 75 miles north of Detroit.
And all cellphones have the ACLU on speed dial.
Or perhaps the Feds just aren't in the habit of telling you what they know.
"So they buy em for $20 sell them for $38 out of the back of thier van perhaps with the implication that they are hot and don't disclose that they are only good for 40 minutes of airtime.
They sound like dishonest business men but not terrorists.
"
Yeah...right...
Too many of these cases right now, you see. Too many Muslim men buying big lots of cell phones right now. Read on, and pay attention.
What do you want to bet that, gee, they cannot be found when the Feds finally show up?
Plainly some disgruntled white guy put them up to it...
This is the tip of the iceberg.
Dishonest because?
Not terrorists because?
Who sells something for $38?
I wonder if those phones were heading for the Middle East. SIM cards are easier to obtain or duplicate there.
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