ammonium nitrate movement

6 Aug 2020

Documents newly reviewed by CNN reveal that a shipment of 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate arrived in Beirut on a Russian-owned vessel in 2013. The ship, named the MV Rhosus, was destined for Mozambique – but stopped in Beirut due to financial difficulties that also created unrest with the ship's Russian and Ukrainian crew. - https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/05/europe/lebanon-russian-ship-blast-intl/index.html

7 Aug 2020

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Almost 700 tons of ammonium nitrate, the substance that caused the mega-explosion in Lebanon, has been stuck in an Indian port since 2015, officials confirmed. Thirty-seven containers of the compound were imported from South Korea in 2015 by an Indian firm for use in fertilizers but were seized after the substance was found to be explosives-grade.- https://www.courthousenews.com/700-tons-of-ammonium-nitrate-stuck-in-indian-port/

18 Sep 2021

Lebanese authorities seized 20 tons of ammonium nitrate in an eastern region overnight on Saturday, local media reported.The ammonium nitrate was seized in a police raid from a warehouse used for the sale of agricultural fertilisers in the city of Baalbek, belonging to someone whose full name was not identified, the official National News Agency said.

Newly appointed Interior Minister Bassam al-Mawlawi inspected the truck that was transported from Baalbek to a safe area in Bednayel in the same district.- https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/lebanese-authorities-seize-20-tons-ammonium-nitrate

18 Sep 2021

And private security sources revealed to the site "Sky News Arabia", that the truck that was seized Thursday noon, was not in Al Kayyal District city Baalbek, but on a public road in the town of Badnayel, north of Baalbek, and it was loaded with 21 tons of ammonium nitrateAnd it belongs to a person from the Solh family, from the sons of Baalbek, which caused confusion about where the truck was seized.

The sources added that after the truck was loaded from private warehouses in the city, it was transported on the Qasranba plain near the town of Badnayel in the Bekaa Valley, and placed in a safe, uninhabited area, and samples were taken to investigate its quality..https://al-khaleejtoday.net/international/5653627/Confusion-in-Lebanon%E2%80%99s-Baalbek-after-the-return-of-nitrates-to-the.html

5 Oct 2021

The Lebanese army has seized 28 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, a fertiliser also used in making explosives, in a town near the Syrian border.“Following information about the presence of ammonium nitrate in the town of Arsal, on October 4, an army patrol and military intelligence raided a gas station in the town, and seized 28,275 kilogrammes of ammonium nitrate” the Lebanese army said in a statement on Tuesday. - https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/lebanon/2021/10/05/lebanese-army-seizes-28-tonnes-of-ammonium-nitrate-fertiliser/

8 Oct 2021

Jajpur, India: The Odisha Police recovered 110 quintals of ammonium nitrate, which is used to create explosives for mining, from a field near a black stone quarry in Jajpur district of the state, an official said on Thursday.

He said 100 electronic detonators and 300 cartons of gelatin sticks were also found hidden beneath the earth's surface. - https://www.ndtv.com/cities/110-quintals-of-chemical-used-to-make-explosives-recovered-in-odishas-jajpur-police-2567844

15 Oct 2021

MANILA, Philippines — What originally was thought to be an ordinary buy-bust operation for the alleged sale of improvised explosive devices (IED) turned out to be a major police haul after two suspects yielded some 750 kilos of bomb-making chemical ammonium nitrate in Cavite on Thursday.

• https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1502297/police-seize-750-kilos-of-ammonium-nitrate-in-cavite-two-arrested