Two tonnes of ammonium nitrate, often used by terrorist in bomb making, missing on the heels of the winter Olympics!

Mystery of missing chemical deepens.

Published: Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Is it missing, or isn't it? The RCMP is taking another look at a recent case involving what might be two tonnes of missing ammonium nitrate. The chemical compound is used in agriculture but is also an oxidizing agent for explosives.

A few weeks ago, representatives of Kinder Morgan, the company responsible for the chemical, told police the two tonnes of ammonium nitrate were not missing from a storage place in Surrey after all.

Some 6,000 bags had been shipped from Alberta to North Vancouver in the fall, and from North Vancouver to Surrey in December. On Dec. 31, Kinder Morgan told police two one-tonne bags out of the shipment were unaccounted for.

Subsequently, a representative of the company told police the discrepancy was due to a "clerical inventory error."

The problem is, the RCMP and Natural Resources Canada have not been able to validate this.

"To date, investigators have not been able to confirm Kinder Morgan's conclusions," Cpl. Annie Linteau said. "The RCMP will continue to work diligently to determine whether any product is in fact missing, and if so, what happened to it."

Linteau stressed that police have not found any evidence of theft or criminal wrongdoing. She added that the RCMP doesn't intend to adjust its current threat level assessment concerning the Winter Olympics - which now stands at low - as a result of this situation. More>>