200 bombs found on bus at Beitbridge border post

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Two hundred bombs have been found in a bus that had come from Zimbabwe at the Beitbridge border post, the SA Revenue Service (Sars) said on Wednesday.

"Sars officials discovered 200 explosive detonating devices in a bus at the Beitbridge border post on June 23, 2015 [Tuesday]," it said in a statement.

"Just before 22:00 on June 23 [Tuesday], a customs detector dog unit member was conducting a search of a bus which had just entered South Africa from Zimbabwe when he discovered the detonating cords hidden in a bag on the bus."

The cords were wrapped in clothing at the bottom of the bag, which allegedly belonged to the conductor of the Zimbabwe-registered bus.

"The SAPS explosives unit was called in and the 200 detonating cords were handed over to them. The suspect was arrested and is in the custody of SAPS. The cords, which contain explosives, could be used in criminal activities such as the illegal mining industry, blowing up ATMs, etc."

Sars said it would continue to do everything in its power to ensure prohibited and restricted goods, such as explosives, were prevented from entering or leaving South Africa illegally.

News24 - http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Bombs-found-on-bus-at-Beitbridge-border-post-20150624
 
Wait...why does SARS have dogs that are trained to detect explosives? Pretty sure there is no explosives tax.
 
HavocXphere said:
Wait...why does SARS have dogs that are trained to detect explosives? Pretty sure there is no explosives tax.
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Sars operates customs. Customs job is to control flow of goods.
 
eg2505 said:
Still need c4 to do any real harm,

Otherwise its just a loud firecracker,
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If I'm not mistaken its the detonator which is the more strictly controlled part. Explosives are not that difficult to improvise.
 
Bombs found on bus at Beitbridge border post

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Bombs-found-on-bus-at-Beitbridge-border-post-20150624

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Two hundred bombs have been found in a bus that had come from Zimbabwe at the Beitbridge border post, the SA Revenue Service (Sars) said on Wednesday.

"Sars officials discovered 200 explosive detonating devices in a bus at the Beitbridge border post on June 23, 2015 [Tuesday]," it said in a statement.

"Just before 22:00 on June 23 [Tuesday], a customs detector dog unit member was conducting a search of a bus which had just entered South Africa from Zimbabwe when he discovered the detonating cords hidden in a bag on the bus."

The cords were wrapped in clothing at the bottom of the bag, which allegedly belonged to the conductor of the Zimbabwe-registered bus.

"The SAPS explosives unit was called in and the 200 detonating cords were handed over to them. The suspect was arrested and is in the custody of SAPS. The cords, which contain explosives, could be used in criminal activities such as the illegal mining industry, blowing up ATMs, etc."

Sars said it would continue to do everything in its power to ensure prohibited and restricted goods, such as explosives, were prevented from entering or leaving South Africa illegally.
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rpm said:
Two hundred bombs have been found in a bus that had come from Zimbabwe at the Beitbridge border post, the SA Revenue Service (Sars) said on Wednesday.

"Sars officials discovered 200 explosive detonating devices in a bus at the Beitbridge border post on June 23, 2015 [Tuesday]," it said in a statement.

"Just before 22:00 on June 23 [Tuesday], a customs detector dog unit member was conducting a search of a bus which had just entered South Africa from Zimbabwe when he discovered the detonating cords hidden in a bag on the bus."

The cords were wrapped in clothing at the bottom of the bag, which allegedly belonged to the conductor of the Zimbabwe-registered bus.

"The SAPS explosives unit was called in and the 200 detonating cords were handed over to them. The suspect was arrested and is in the custody of SAPS. The cords, which contain explosives, could be used in criminal activities such as the illegal mining industry, blowing up ATMs, etc."

Sars said it would continue to do everything in its power to ensure prohibited and restricted goods, such as explosives, were prevented from entering or leaving South Africa illegally.

News24 - http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Bombs-found-on-bus-at-Beitbridge-border-post-20150624
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Cordtex is a type of detonating cord generally used in mining. It uses an explosive core of pentaerythritol tetranitrate which is inside its plastic coating.

It is commonly the thickness of electrical extension cord and has a velocity of detonation of approximately 6000-7000 metres per second. It is used to "daisychain" a sequence of explosives together.

It can also be used in short lengths in simple boobytraps and early warning devices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordtex
 
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Supported a twat? Money worth nothing?

No problem! Go next door and take some of theirs!
 
FNfal said:
Cordtex is a type of detonating cord generally used in mining. It uses an explosive core of pentaerythritol tetranitrate which is inside its plastic coating.

It is commonly the thickness of electrical extension cord and has a velocity of detonation of approximately 6000-7000 metres per second. It is used to "daisychain" a sequence of explosives together.

It can also be used in short lengths in simple boobytraps and early warning devices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordtex
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Illegal mining?
 
Two hundred bombs have been found in a bus that had come from Zimbabwe at the Beitbridge border post, the SA Revenue Service (Sars) said on Wednesday.

"Sars officials discovered 200 explosive detonating devices in a bus at the Beitbridge border post on June 23, 2015 [Tuesday]," it said in a statement.

"Just before 22:00 on June 23 [Tuesday], a customs detector dog unit member was conducting a search of a bus which had just entered South Africa from Zimbabwe when he discovered the detonating cords hidden in a bag on the bus."

The cords were wrapped in clothing at the bottom of the bag, which allegedly belonged to the conductor of the Zimbabwe-registered bus.

"The SAPS explosives unit was called in and the 200 detonating cords were handed over to them. The suspect was arrested and is in the custody of SAPS. The cords, which contain explosives, could be used in criminal activities such as the illegal mining industry, blowing up ATMs, etc."

Sars said it would continue to do everything in its power to ensure prohibited and restricted goods, such as explosives, were prevented from entering or leaving South Africa illegally.

News24 - http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Bombs-found-on-bus-at-Beitbridge-border-post-20150624
 
Ai jirre. Clickbait title!

From "BOMBS" to "explosive detonating devices" to "detonating cords"....

Moronic News24....
 
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