Customs Officials Nab Dirty Bomb Dealer?
This story is reported as a lucky break from a drug sniffing dog. But I think the intel community was tracking this guy, who appears to have been involved in a drug-money for weapons scheme. The man’s last name is African in origin. I’m not saying he was Muslim. But internet searches for his surname turn up two countries- Ethiopia and Nigeria. Those countries have a 50% Muslim population according to the CIA World Factbook. So odds are even that this may be a Muslim man, who appears to have been selling poison gas or dirty bomb secrets to unknown foreign agents. Or maybe he was dispatched to Phoenix to purchase such information? I’m fairly certain that the Dutch wouldn’t be interested in purchasing or selling such secrets. Amsterdam has a very large Muslim population, as evidenced by the corpse of Theo Van Gogh.
From the AP here:
A man was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after officials say they found him carrying more than $78,000 in cash and a laptop computer containing information about nuclear materials and cyanide.
Sisayehiticha Dinssa, an unemployed U.S. citizen, was arrested Tuesday after a dog caught the scent of narcotics on cash he was carrying, according to an affidavit filed in court.
When agents asked him if he had any cash to declare, he said he had $18,000, authorities said. But when agents checked his luggage, they found an additional $59,000. When they scrolled through his laptop, they said they found the mysterious files.
At a court hearing Wednesday, Dinssa was ordered held in custody until at least until Monday at the request of prosecutors.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Leonid Feller argued Dinssa was a potential risk to the community and federal agents want to get a warrant to search his computer more thoroughly, The Detroit News reported Thursday. U.S. Magistrate Donald Scheer approved Feller’s request to detain him.
Dinssa, who is from Dallas, arrived in Detroit from Nigeria by way of Amsterdam and was headed for Phoenix, Feller said. He is charged with concealing more than $10,000 in his luggage, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, the Detroit Free Press reported.
This man’s unusual itinerary may have triggered alarms in Customs computers. Or maybe he had an intel person tailing him the whole time. Or maybe this was a very stupid and sloppy criminal who had dope residue on his cash and the US got very lucky in spotting him. One thing is for sure, however. An unemployed man has no business carrying drug-tainted cash in such large quantities along with data on nuclear and poisonous materials. Dinssa will likely be subjected to terrorism laws and may not see the light of day for a long time.
