LODI, Calif. -- A public storage facility located at 740 N Cluff Ave., in Lodi, Calif., was served a search warrant on Thursday for explosives, police said. Police said they searched a large storage shed on the premise in which a box marked "explosives" was found and removed.
They said they also found two rockets that they said seem to have come from a Russian aircraft, related to ejection seats. They said they obtained the warrant based on a tip that there were plastic explosives in the storage unit.
They said they believe they know the identity of the owner of the explosions, but they said they won't release his name because they said they believe he is a transient. Police said they are searching for more explosives by using a bomb robot.
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Rafah under curfew after bomb threat (Egypt)
Jul. 19, 2007
Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew on Egypt's border town of Rafah Thursday following unconfirmed reports that Palestinian gunmen planned to blow up a border wall to allow thousands of Palestinians stranded on the Egyptian side to return home, a police official said.
Thousands of police and security forces also were deployed at Rafah and roads leading to the town were sealed off, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media.
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Thanks Oorang.
Updates appreciated (re rockets in California).
Small update:
http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2007/07/20/news/4_explosives_070720.txt
“Investigators detonate explosive devices found in Lodi storage unit”
By Layla Bohm
News-Sentinel Staff Writer
Last updated: Friday, July 20, 2007 6:33 AM PDT
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Inside the cluttered storage unit, detectives found two military-grade ejection seat rockets, which are used when a plane is going down and the pilot must escape, Price said. The devices have enough explosive power that investigators called in the bomb squad, as well as officials from Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield. Military personnel and the Lodi Fire Department detonated the devices about a mile away from the area, Price said. Detectives also found about a pound of a powdery substance that had not been identified by Thursday evening, Price said. A sample will be sent to a lab for further testing, while the remaining powder was destroyed, he said.”