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ATF finds explosives stolen from Calif. storage locker

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About 200 pounds of explosives and bomb-making hardware stolen from a storage locker used by two public safety agencies have been recovered from a stolen van, authorities said Thursday.

Stolen were 75 feet of "det sheet" and 30 to 35 pounds of C4, both explosives used by the military; 114 pounds of other explosives; and approximately 800 blasting caps and 1,700 feet of detonation cord, said Marti McKee, a spokeswoman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

The items were stolen sometime over the July 4 weekend from storage magazines in a depot used by the San Francisco Police Department and the San Mateo County Sheriff's office.

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