Canuck

  Thursday, 5 February 2004

Canada cracks airport theft ring < 2:20:38 PM>.

Police seize at least $2m of goods and cash after smashing a theft ring at Toronto's international airport. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] 'The police force just west of Toronto made their breakthrough in the case by studying the patterns of goods sold over eBay. They painstakingly matched the items to those reported missing on a monthly basis by airport freight companies.

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17 Afghanistan-bound soldiers test positive for drugs
Seventeen soldiers at the Valcartier military base in Quebec have tested positive for illicit drug use, scuttling plans to send them to Afghanistan. F U L L S T O R Y
[CBC News]