Posted on 10/22/2001 11:59:54 PM PDT by kattracks
A man who used cash to buy large amounts of candy from Costco stores in Hackensack and Wayne last week is not suspected of any terrorist activity, the FBI said Monday.
"We do not have any evidence that suggests that the purchases of these items was not for legitimate purposes," said Sandra Carroll, an FBI spokesperson in Newark.
The FBI detained the man "for reasons unrelated to the purchases," Carroll said. A law enforcement source who did not want to be identified said the man is a foreign national who was being held for immigration law reasons.
The candy, meanwhile, has been found, Carroll said.
News reports about the $15,000 cash purchases prompted public concern about the safety of Halloween candy.
However, Carroll emphasizesd that the FBI would notify the public whenever it came across credible information that poses a health concern.
A Palestinian woman receives free sweets from a vendor as groups of locals in east Jerusalem's Old City celebrate after hearing the news of a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/str)
A Bump for others who didn't either!
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. That goes double when the FBI is involved.Ya - <sarcasm>with 20-20 hindsight we find out that it was REALLY BAD CANDY after all and the FBI once again was pulling the wool over the public's collective eyes </sarcasm> -
- or perhaps you'd like to point out just *who* it was that received, ate, then became SICK with this so-called 'tainted Costco candy' ...
Note: This kind of vigilance and awareness on the part of the public of noting and reporting this purchase - and others like it - IS A GOOD THING!
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