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PAGE 10THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, August 27, 2003 www.durhamregion.comv' : : Nuclear officials taking cautious approach following joint police forces operation For photo reprint see "k Check out our website * www thealredqnceacgdemy com * 905-435-0762 . ★ * at DURHAM - Safety officials aren't jumping to any conclusions following detainment of 19 people by police Impossible Impossible links to terrorist activity that could involve the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station. Among those detained was a man enrolled enrolled in a fiiglit school, where training involves flying over the nuclear power plant. As well, two "associates of the group" were questioned by police in April, 2002 after they were discovered trying to enter the grounds of the station. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Commission said it is taking the attests seriously seriously but cautioned against jumping to any conclusions at this point. "It remains to be seén from the police investigation whether any of these individuals individuals are terrorists," said spokesman Michel Cleroux. "It also remains to be seen whether this person had any particular particular intentions towards Pickering nuclear nuclear station, or the Darlington station, for that matter." The two "associates" detained in 2002 were deemed suspicious when Durham Region police found them out r side the gates of the Pickering station. "They requested that they be allowed to enter the perimeter in order to go for a walk on the beach," the document states. Sergeant Paul Malik, spokesman for Durham Regional Police, confirmed the early morning incident. The Toronto men, ages 32 and 31, were stopped by members of the nuclear security unit after parking a car near the plant's gates. "They indicated they had wanted to go for a walk down on the beach. It was ' a little unusual at four-o-clock in the morning," said Sgt. Malik. The men were "voluntarily detained" for a few hours by police, who questioned questioned them about their activities and backgrounds. They were eventually released released and a police information report outlining the incident was passed on to federal authorities, said Sgt. Malik. The force's nuclear unit, made up of specialized tactical officers who patrol the Pickering and Darlington nuclear plants, was established in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Police from several forces acting in partnership with Citizenship and Immigration Immigration Canada conducted pre-dawn raids throughout the Toronto area last week, arresting some of the men on alleged alleged immigration violations while others others are now being held without any charges being laid but as a possible "threat to national security." RCMP, Toronto, Halton, York and OPP officers carried out the arrests and federal officers officers are conducting an on-going investigation. investigation. Most of those arrested were students or refugee claimants and all were born VICTOR LOUIS GARBOS Durham man missing since May 29. Have you seen this man? DURHAM - Nearly three months after a 61-year-old man disappeared, leaving behind a van full of personal possessions, there still is no trace of the Oshawa resident, say police who are seeking the public's help. Victor Louis Garbos was last seen in Pakistan. Officers with the multi-jurisdictional Public Security and Anti-Terrorism unit (PSAT) claimed it was a pattern of behaviour behaviour of a larger "group" that authorities authorities held to be suspicious, according to a four-page summary dated Aug. 19. A defence lawyer for two of the detained detained men said what is provided in court as "reasonable suspicion" is innuendo. innuendo. "All 19 of them, not just my two clients, are being held on such flimsy evidence that if it was presented in a court of law it would be found as a joke," lawyer Mohammed Syed said Thursday night. The arrests followed a seven-month investigation called "Project Thread." According to the document, one man raised suspicion because he is currently taking commercial pilot lessons to qualify qualify as a multi-engine commercial pilot. His flight path for training purposes flies over the Pickering nuclear power plant. "He often brings with him an unknown unknown male as a passenger. His instructors instructors have described him as an unmotivated unmotivated student," the document states. "The average timeframe for qualification qualification is approximately one year. The target target has been training in Canada for almost almost three years." A no-fly zone was imposed on the skies above the plants, however, police have had reports of aircraft passing over the stations, said Sgt. Malik. However, when asked about the possibility possibility of a flight school being able to fly over the plants, Mr. Cleroux said the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CSNC) has never required any of the country's nuclear plant to have no-fly- over zones. "They're difficult to enforce and impractical," impractical," he said. "It would be like saying saying to air traffic, 'You can't go over Southern Ontario." How would you get to Pearson International Airport?" -- Torstar News Service with files by Lesley Bovie and Stephen Shaw Efjc ûiiflbian Statesman Metroland Durham Region Media Group * Dance * .Academy THROUGH HYPNOSIS with B. 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