04:00 pm, Monday 20 August, 2007

Source: Workplace Standards Tasmania

Between Friday 27 to Monday 30 April 2007, several men broke into an explosive magazine storage facility. Access into the permanent and fixed magazine was achieved by cutting the lock (shrouded) on a vehicle entrance boom-gate, and forcing entry into the small magazine building by removing a heavy metal vent cover and masonry bricks.

Approximately 500kgs of commercial explosives (Class 1.1D) was taken, including:

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