Suspicious package closes Canada-U.S. border crossing

[bananas]

KOGO radio news had a strange report about a car stopped at the Canadian border containing an improvised explosive device. Here's all I could find about it.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060118.wborder0118/BNStory/National/

Suspicious package closes Canada-U.S. border crossing

Wednesday, January 18, 2006 Posted at 2:47 AM EST

Canadian Press and Associated Press

Vancouver — Canadian border agents found four handguns and what police called an improvised explosive device Tuesday night in a car trying to enter Canada at the Peace Arch border crossing.

Officers closed the crossing and evacuated six nearby houses while they investigated.

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/256119_border17ww.html

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 · Last updated 10:42 p.m. PT

U.S.-Canadian border closes after suspicious car is stopped

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF

The U.S.-Canadian border passing at Blaine was closed Tuesday night after a “suspicious” car heading northbound on Interstate-5 was stopped by Canadian officials after it passed through the border, said Mike Milne, spokesman for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency.

[951-Riverside]

1. I wonder why someone with an "IED" was heading "into" Canada?

...Just seems a little backwards anyway glad they caught him/her.

[benburch]

2. Probably just some idiot with a grudge to settle with an ex in Canada.

Probably a Freeper.

[pinniped]

3. The IED was probably the damm gas tank.

The supposed IED found at Starbucks in San Francisco last week was a damm flashlight.

[Newsjock]

4. Update: NOT an explosive

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/01/18/bomb-scare060118.html

... Canadian border guards called RCMP after finding a 9-mm handgun, two shotguns and a rifle in the car at about 9:30 PT.

When they looked under the hood, they found what they believed was a bomb - a tubular package with wires sticking out of it - in the engine compartment.

"The driver was interviewed by border services officers, who were suspicious," said Paula Shore, a spokeswoman for Canada Border Services Agency.

"Our border services officers are trained to look for inconsistencies. It's never just one thing that makes them want to take another look at someone."

The RCMP explosives squad determined, however, that the suspicious package was not an explosive.