Bullets In The Car
The two men arrested in South Carolina and recently indicted for having what have been called pipe bombs in the car, also had a box of bullets in the car. No gun, just bullets.
TAMPA — Bullets were among the items investigators found in the car of two University of South Florida students.
The deputy who pulled over Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed and Youssef Samir Megahed, 21, found a box of bullets near the seat, several pipe bombs in the trunk and "other suspicious items," according to the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office.
The men have said they had only fireworks, but deputies found no sign of any commercial fireworks, said Berkeley County Chief Deputy C.W. Henerey.
The new information only deepened the mystery of why the two engineering students ended up on Aug. 4 in Goose Creek, S.C., a suburban city near Charleston.
A Tampa grand jury indicted the men last week on charges of transporting explosives in interstate commerce without permits.
Unfortunately, the caliber is not specified. But this does add a whole new layer to the entire thing. While there is some argument that what "explosives" they were carrying could have been used in model rocketry, bullets would seem to be a different animal altogether.
By ThomasD, Thursday, 6 September , 2007 @ 8:55 pm
Well, they told us the war on terror was causing ammunition shortages. Who knew the enemy could contribute to the problem?
Lets just call this exhibit #2,453,779b.