RCMP Behind Bomb Material
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-Massive Sweep: Investigators Controlled The Sale And Transport Of Three Tonnes Of Ammonium Nitrate In An Undercover Probe Of An Alleged Homegrown Terrorist Cell Police Say They Moved In Quickly To Avert Attacks On Southern Ontario-

Courtesy Of: The Toronto Star
By Michelle Shepherd and Isabel Teotonio,
Staff Writers
Jun. 4, 2006

The delivery of three tonnes of ammonium nitrate to a group suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in Southern Ontario was part of an undercover police sting operation, the Toronto Star has learned.

The RCMP said yesterday that after investigating the alleged homegrown terrorist cell for months, they had to move quickly Friday night to arrest 12 men and five youths before the group could launch a bomb attack on Canadian soil.

...At a news conference yesterday morning, the RCMP displayed a sample of ammonium nitrate and a crude cell phone detonator they say was seized in the massive police sweep when the 17 were taken into custody.

However, they made no mention of the police force's involvement in the sale.

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