Such purchases are common place amongst the convenience stores and gas stations owned by Chaldeans and Lebanese...
FWIW, my local Marathon owner, a Chaldean, buys all his products for resale from the local Costco.........
That may be true but apparently these purchases haven’t been commonplace there or there would be nothing to report.
Yes, no receipts or records, thereby avoiding taxes....
Of course somebody somewhere is eventually going to use some for bombs, but they could do that if they purchased them one at a time.