It was, apparently, the property of anti-government fanatics who had stolen supplies from the army and were planning a guerrilla campaign.A dozen men have been arrested this year for treasonous schemes, and will be put on trial soon.
The aid directors in Myanmar declined to be quoted directly on their concerns about the stolen supplies for fear of angering the ruling junta and jeopardizing their operations, although Marcel Wagner, country director of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, confirmed that aid was being diverted by the army.
The economic costs are also very high, forcing communities to rebuild schools and replace stolen supplies and equipment when conflicts come to an end – a cost most can little afford, few budgets provide for, and humanitarian aid rarely covers.
"But then you had different groups stealing supplies from each other, even food", he said.
I worked on a case against a property clerk who was stealing supplies from a government office.
Ethiopian troops and Somali government forces killed 17 Shabab rebels on Thursday after the rebels blocked a road in southern Somalia and stole supplies from passing trucks, said Mohamed Abdi Mayow, the governor of the Bakool region.
Local officials warned the Philippine president, Benigno Aquino III – who visited Tacloban yesterday – that residents from nearby towns were entering the city to steal supplies and pleaded with him to declare martial law.
In February, Anthony Serra, who had been a bureau chief in the Department of Correction, was indicted on charges of stealing supplies and using guards to plant trees and shrubs, cut the lawn and repair the driveway at his home in Mahopac, N.Y.
After the indecent assault and two murders Naden went on the run for almost seven years, surviving in NSW bush land by stealing supplies from various homes and sheds.
A Board of Education official has been arrested and charged with stealing supplies intended for workers at ground zero -- including hard hats and work boots -- from a Red Cross emergency station, Edward F. Stancik, left, the special commissioner for investigations for the New York City School District, said yesterday.
