Ahmed Ressam arrested
Counterterrorism DetentionPart of LAX Millennium Plot
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 | Primary Organization | Al-Qaeda | |
| Capturing Agency | U.S. Customs Service | ||
| Location of Capture | Port Angeles, Washington, United States | |
| Time of Capture | Dec. 14, 1999 | |
| Captured | Ahmed Ressam | |
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| Narrative and Notes | |||
| Reliable | Ressam took a ferry from Victoria, Canada to Port Angeles, Washington, with a trunkload of explosives. Ressam, carrying a fraudulent passport, passed without incident through a U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service inspection station in Canada. On the U.S. Customs officers, however, noticed his nervousness and gave him a closer inspection. Ressam panicked and tried to run, but was stopped. Inspectors found explosives and timing devices concealed in his rental car's truck.1 | |
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| 1The 9-11 Commission Final Report, July 22, 2004, Chapter 6.1. | |||
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