Middle Eastern men released (TX)
Thoughts of a terror bust subsided in Andrews, as two men of Middle Eastern background were released after being held for several hours.
The men were taken into custody Thursday after attempting to purchase a number of prepaid cell phones from an Andrews Dollar General store, Chief Bud Jones of the Andrews Police Department said. The men were held for between four and five hours.
FBI and Immigration and Naturalization Services officials from Midland were brought in while the men were questioned, Jones said.
The two men, who said they were brothers from Palestine, were determined to be in the country legally, Jones said.
“One did have a lengthy criminal history,” he said.
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The incident came a day after a man and woman, also reported to be Middle Eastern, had a disagreement in the same Dollar General, Jones said. The couple, driving a rental vehicle out of Houston, left the area before police could question them.
A regional notice was placed in case the couple turns up in another town, Jones said.(snip)
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THANK YOU for that cell phone-related post, Velveeta.
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Yikes, this is literally in my neck of the woods!