Posted on 08/14/2006 9:06:25 PM PDT by SandRat
Tucson Police are trying to track down two men of Middle Eastern descent who, reportedly, bought a number of cell phones within a 36-hour period over the weekend at a Tucson Sam's Club.
The incident comes on the heels of other similar incidents across the country.
The incidents have prompted terror investigations because, authorities say, those cell phones can be untraceable and used as detonators.
Tucson Police issued a news Release Tuesday afternoon regarding the incident that occurred three days ago.
Tucson Police were called to Tucson's Sam's Club on Friday just before noon on a 'suspicious activity" call.
Apparently, someone saw two men purchasing disposable cell phones.
TPD Sgt. Mark Robinson said, "It was two men of Middle Eastern descent buying a qantity of cell phones, more cell phones than one would think would use for personal use."
Employees at Sam's Club told News 4 that they saw Tucson Police show up at the business.
A spokeswoman for wWal-mart who also owns Sam's Club issued this statement.
"Wal-mart stores limit the sale of prepaid phones to three phones per transaction at Wal-Mart stores and Supercenters. At our Sam's Clubs (membership clubs), we limit the sale to five per transaction. This policy is a part of our agreement with manufacturers. We continue to assist law enforcement with ongoing investigations. We are not discussing the purchases or other details pertinent to the incident. Our goal is to assist law enforcement as they conduct an investigation. It simply would not assist the investigation for us to make any comments." Sharon Weber, a Wal-Mart spokesperson
Sgt. Robinson says the men didn't break any laws.
"We know that people use these phones for criminal activity such as dealing drugs or smuggling people into the United States. Those are a couple of uses tied to these phones. I believe nationally the FBI has tied these phones to terrorism."
However, Tucson Police say right now there's nothing to tie these men to criminal activity.
Sgt Robinson said, 'We don't know if these particular indviduals were involved in any kind of criminal activity at this time. That's why it's just a suspicious activity investigation. it's not a criminal investigation.'
The incident was turned over to the FBI.
Authorities encourage citizens to report any suspicious activity.
Nothing to see here so move along...........
And as we've seen with all of the other incidents, the FBI wont' do anything either.
Don't confuse the FBI with the DEA.
Do i hear the ACLU knocking at the door?sarc intended.
Somethings in the wind.
This is too much of a coincidence, IMO.
Lefties want the war on terror to be a "law-enforcement" operation only-- but cry a river of tears when law-enforcement tries to do it's job, even while it's hands are tied behind it's back.
Cell Phone detonators, I think if the avarage arab male knows how to rig one up correctly,the avarage American male should know this also it could come in handy, since
it appears the government wont clamp down on your avarage
arab male.
If they weren't up to no good, they be buying these phones through normal channels, and possibly even getting a discount for bul purchases!
Holy Profiling Batman!
If this is just a legitimate small business (as all the perps and their families and neighbors say)....
Why is it that we don't have gangs of Swede, Mexican, and Jamacain immigrants etc. running around to every Walmart in the country buying them???? Surely Muslims aren't the only ones smart enough to figure out how to make such an easy profit.
I'm certain that they are being used for secure terrorist (and other criminal) secure communications, AND I'm pretty sure that they are also planning to use them as components in destructive devices. (wrote up a pretty long post in my blog about it a couple of days ago)
I just read your blog. Great stuff, I've been trying to figure out what the deal is with the cell phones. Upon reading your blog, I am in awe: I had no idea there were "flashlight enthusiasts"
Uh, they arrested the others and are doing a serious investigation. Than't not nothing.
Damned Islamonazis!
So we wait until AFTER they kill people??
I like flashlights. At any place in my house, you are probably within five or ten feet of a flashlight.
Yeah, there are a lot more of us than 'normal' people would think. Some people spend several thousands of dollars a year buying high end flashlights. I'm not quite that bad.... I only spend thou$and$ a year on parts and machinery to build my own. <|;-)
They call it 'flashaholism'... And 'live' for blackouts so they can impress their neighbors.
MORE THAN ANYONE EVER NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT PORTABLE LIGHTING
On Sean Hannity's radio talk show today they were talking about the middle east men who were found with 1000 cell phones in Michigan. They had pictures & diagrams of the long Makinac bridge with them. The bridge connects the two parts of Michigan.
A caller from Michigan wondered why the bridge might be a possible terrorist target. She pointed out that the bridge is not a major thoroughfare. The caller said that there will be a kind of celebration or festival coming up soon. Part of this will be a temporary closing of the bridge during which will be a walk across the bridge by as many as 60,000 people.
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