Fertilizer Request Raises Suspicion
Filed Under: Canada, Strange
An unusual request has raised some red flags.
CALGARY - Local fertilizer suppliers are on guard after reports of a suspicious bid to buy a large amount of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate from a Calgary company. Mounties and U.S. authorities are investigating the report after a local company raised a red flag over a request to purchase 500 to 1,000 tonnes of the fertilizer, the same substance used to bomb the Oklahoma City federal building.
U.S. officials said a man using a Middle Eastern name and possibly bogus construction credentials, attempted to make the purchase.
According to company officials, a request of this nature at this time of year is highly suspect. They also explain that the industry is a rather tightly-knit group.
“We know who our customers are and what business they’re in.”
Makes you wonder.
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