New York " Cops are searching for inquisitiveness stolen building vehiclesas fraction of completely sweeping lockdown of the metropolis in the center of fears of an Al Qaedacar bombing plan timed for the 10th anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday.
The vehicles " two of construct belonged to Tully Construction in Queens,a corporation responsibility roadwork on West St. close to 1 World Trade Center " wereswiped previous petroleum month, a law enforcement spokesman revealed Saturday.
On Sept. 1, a dark green Chevy van by means of a 2-inch horizontal stripeand a yellow turret glow was boosted as of a building site at thewestbound onramp of the Long Island Expressway. Police supposed the driverleft the vehicle temporarily to converse to coworkers at what time it was stolen.
The after that nighttime at 9:30, inquisitiveness men broke eager on a building locker ata Tully storage space ability on Ditmars Blvd. and loaded approximately $70,000 intools and building gear eager on the stolen van and anothervehicle, NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne said.
He cautioned so as to present now no real ties to the obtainable anniversary attack plot.
œThis may extremely healthy be industrial savvy thieves charitable to stealexpensive building equipment, but its receiving better scrutinybecause of the threat environment, Browne said.
A employee at Tully Construction headquarters Queens who refused togive his person's name supposed the corporation management told employees to be certain tocarry ID at what time contain drive approximately in corporation vans in container contain werestopped by police.
œWe are operational on 9A correct now in front of the World Trade Center.There are guys continually heavy completely own cars and corporation vans on andoff [the job site,] he said. œIf somebodys so as to smart, its scary.Its type of freaky to believe so as to an important person counting believe it from side to side thatmuch and diagram a terrorist attack similar to that.
A come into view van, a pallid Econoline Budget Rental truck stolen fromLiberty Storage in Jersey City on Aug. 20, is too existence form eyed forpossible ties to the bomb threat. Thieves disabled the burglar alarm,cut the phone lines and quick surveillance tapes the distance end to end of by means of the vehicle.
œThey complete a substantial attempt not to be detected, Browne said.
The thefts of building vehicles surfaced as older officials toldthe Associated Press present is no proof so as to Al Qaeda operatives haveslipped eager on the country.
Officials contain person's name on far above the ground attentive as,because Wednesday in excess of œspecific andcredible in order concerning a plan involving inquisitiveness veteran terroristsrecruited by Al Qaeda and carrying U.S. passports. The plan was plannedfor Washington or New York on the 10th anniversary of 9/11,investigators told the Daily News.
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