The Nation - News from Jan. 15, 1989
Enough plastic explosive to blow up a 3-block area, more than 300 pounds, was seized in a Longmont, Colo., raid. Five people were arrested. The explosives were believed to have been stolen from a mine near the community of 50,000 about 45 miles north of Denver. After the arrests, authorities went to the Ft. Collins home of one of the suspects, where they seized armor-piercing rifle rounds, an AK-47 rifle, hollow-point revolver rounds and homemade bullets designed to pierce bulletproof vests, police said. FBI spokesman Dick Schussler refused to comment on the suspects’ motive for stockpiling the weapons.
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