Feds Seize Rocket Launcher In N.J.

[GaryC 7]

CBS) JERSEY CITY A Jersey City woman made a shocking discovery on her lawn this morning when she noticed a military rocket launcher lying in the grass.

Niranjana Besai was leaving her house, located at 88 Nelson Street, to go to work just after 8 this morning when she spotted the launcher on her front lawn. "I read it and it [said] 'missile,'" Besai told CBS 2 HD. "There was little 'missile' [writing] on it."

She immediately called police.

Sources tell CBS 2 HD that the device is an AT-4 missile launcher that is used to fire against tanks and buildings. The device was first approved by the U.S. Army in 1985 and questions are being raised as to whether the device was stolen from a branch of the military.

What's more troubling, sources add, is that Besai's house is located along flight path for Newark Liberty International Airport.

Besai's neighbor, Joe Quinn, saw her pointing at the device from her front porch. When he walked over to see what the fuss was about, he was just as shocked to see the six-foot-long weapon.

"She's pointing that there's something in the front," he told CBS 2 HD. "I said, 'Let me come down and take a look,' and I saw a little soldier on it and I said, 'Whoa, that's a missile launcher or something!'"

Quinn says he originally thought the launcher was just a pipe, but after noticing the picture of the soldier -- which he described as a soldier kneeling, holding the launcher -- he realized it looked similar to a missile launcher he'd seen on television. "I got scared myself," he says. "It looked like a bazooka, and right away you think what does somebody want with something like that?"

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Jersey City Police removed the launcher, and the incident is now being investigated by the Joint Terrorism Task Force and the FBI.

Sources say Besai is not involved in the investigation as a suspect. "I don't think it was hers, they're nice people," Quinn said.

Jersey City Police could not confirm whether the device was actually operable.

http://wcbstv.com/seenon/local_story_201113005.html

[almaty 19]

damn, i guess brother arijit is ###### again..

if i lived in josiey, i need one just to get out of the house in the morning

Edited July 20, 2007 by almaty

[Ban Hammer 13,342]

damn, i guess brother arijit is ###### again..

if i lived in josiey, i need one just to get out of the house in the morning

given the traffic in joisey, i can see someone having one of those

[Jamie76 0]

Haven't seen this on the news...maybe I missed it. I'm sure this is just one case that was caught....just imagine the ones that aren't. What ever happened to those green laser lights that were being shot in to jet cockpits?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

damn, i guess brother arijit is ###### again..

if i lived in josiey, i need one just to get out of the house in the morning

given the traffic in joisey, i can see someone having one of those

Unfortunately, that includes the fcuking air traffic around NYC.

I just flew out of that shitehole with a 5 hour delay last night.

On a more serious note, this is pretty scary that they find a rocket launcher in proximity to a busy airport.

Edited July 21, 2007 by ET-US2004

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

damn, i guess brother arijit is ###### again..

if i lived in josiey, i need one just to get out of the house in the morning

given the traffic in joisey, i can see someone having one of those

Unfortunately, that includes the fcuking air traffic around NYC.

I just flew out of that shitehole with a 5 hour delay last night.

Newark air traffic control is notorious for that. Apparently they have to give priority to the NY airports.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

damn, i guess brother arijit is ###### again..

if i lived in josiey, i need one just to get out of the house in the morning

given the traffic in joisey, i can see someone having one of those

Unfortunately, that includes the fcuking air traffic around NYC.

I just flew out of that shitehole with a 5 hour delay last night.

Newark air traffic control is notorious for that. Apparently they have to give priority to the NY airports.

It was actually JFK. What a nightmare.