Apathy Again.

Kia Ora,

Well it seems everyday here in NZ you see another example of apathy towards personal security or security in general. On Trade Me (NZ's local version of E Bay) a student has being selling substances that can be used to make explosives. His claim is that they are being used to fertilize farms. The only thing is the amounts are so small no farmer would buy them.

It is not uncommon here for young people to make or try to make their own fireworks or explosives using what they have learnt on the internet.

It is also not uncommon for that to then end in a police call out where often the police are unaware of what they are dealing with.

Two incidents come to mind. Several years ago whilst walking back from the gym find a police road block on street to rear of mine & knowing the police sergeant in charge ask him what is going on. He describes the substance found in bottles on a property with wires sticking out & then says "but that could never be an explosive" until I point out it is what was main ingredient of the Oklahoma bomb. Then they got serious.

The Next incident was only a few years ago when a large group of young people could be heard in a park nearby & suddenly there were airbursts from a home made mortar. You can get the designs off the internet.

Police were called but the officers that responded had to come to me for advice as they had no experience with explosives so weren't sure what could happen.

But still with these advertised items for sale the apathy continues. As they are available from one source it should of alerted alarms bells a lot sooner. But then so should of the theft of a large amount of fertilizer then followed by the theft of Liquid LPG tanks as together they could make a guy fawkes you will never forget.

Here it is "oh that will likely be for someones cannabis plot". It maybe but you should be looking at worst case scenario & working your way back.