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Middle Easterners stopped in a NY Taxi...in Maine
WMTW News 8 ^
| 03/18/03
| Preech1
Posted on 03/18/2003 2:36:57 PM PST by Preech1
NYC cab that aroused suspicion is stopped in Brewer Tuesday, March18, 2003, 12:53 PM
BANGOR (AP) -- A New York City taxi cab that aroused suspicion Tuesday morning in Maine was stopped in Brewer, and at least one of the occupants is being detained.
Steve McCausland of the Maine Public Safety Department says the sight of a New York taxi heading Down East was unusual enough for someone to report it to state police, and a teletype was issued early Tuesday.
Police eventually stopped the taxi carrying two men and a woman less than an hour later Tuesday morning in Brewer. One of the occupants owned the cab.
McCausland says one or two of the occupants have been detained because of possible immigration issues. For now, they're at the Penobscot County Sheriff's Department in Bangor.
TOPICS: US: Maine; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 200303; 20030318; 911; calais; isolatedincidents; maine; terror
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To: Preech1
To: Preech1
Jeez, every one of these detainees has "immigration issues".
My local paper carried a very small article on how Canada is now being swamped with Pakistanis leaving the US. Things that make you go 'hmm'.
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posted on
03/18/2003 2:57:50 PM PST
by
skeeter
(Fac ut vivas)
To: Senator Pardek
Easy question. The cab had New York plates. We're "Down East" and New York is "Mid East".
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posted on
03/18/2003 3:04:34 PM PST
by
metesky
(My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can)
To: Madame Dufarge
The only thing odd about this article is that they were going to Canada via the NY border...these folks took the long way if they were going to Calais...
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posted on
03/18/2003 3:26:57 PM PST
by
Preech1
("Rain drops on Roses and duct tape on muslims...a few of my favorite things...")
To: Preech1
these folks took the long way if they were going to Calais...They sure did.
Maybe they figured the "farmers" in Maine wouldn't notice, forgetting the "Yeah right, you blend" factor (apologies to My Cousin Vinnie.)
To: Madame Dufarge
I've known cabbies that would give you the "Oh yeah, this is the short route" and drive you through Boliva on a cross town fare. Especially if you were drinking. They're that kind of people.
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posted on
03/18/2003 4:24:36 PM PST
by
Leisler
To: Leisler
They're that kind of people.I can vouch for that.
To: NativeNewYorker
More like they are begging for trouble
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:22:20 PM PST
by
Walnut
To: Leisler
believe it or not that very thing has happened to me when I lived in Camb. MA I always caught on though!
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posted on
03/18/2003 7:25:37 PM PST
by
Walnut
To: Preech1
More info on this story.....the two were Pakistani and were both eventually arrested on immigration charges. They were heading for Canada, coming from Brooklyn, NY. It is a weird coincidence that this has happened after Bush's speech on Monday. I wonder when they left NY?
I always had very little faith in the Keystone Kops of Maine. Maybe I was wrong.....
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posted on
03/19/2003 5:29:13 PM PST
by
Morrigan
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