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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Lead on others, phone intecept
After the Mumbai Police picked up the stolen car buyer, the first genuine IM member to be nabbed, they got leads on others. Atif was one of them. A Crime Branch team was sent to Delhi to arrest him. Once again the cops lacked local resources, and felt it would be foolhardy to raid an unfamiliar, congested locality. But they had another lucky break. During a phone intercept, they overheard Atif arrange to see a film with a woman friend. This seemed like a golden opportunity. The Mumbai cops decided to grab Atif and his companion at the cinema theatre, and grill him for details about the Batla House flat: its layout, the number of people staying there, who among them were IM members and who were just students, where the weapons were stored, the escape routes, and so on. Since Atif was out with a woman, the cops believed his flat-mates wouldn't get alerted if he didn't return home in time. The plan was to raid Flat 108, Building L-18, Batla House in the wee hours of the night when everyone would be fast asleep.
Source : http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20100206/1241/top-how-not-to-catch-a-terrorist.html
Could you please explain to me the emboldened parts?
Though I know "intercept" means "to stop and catch something or someone before they are able to reach a particular place" in general.
Source : http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20100206/1241/top-how-not-to-catch-a-terrorist.html
Could you please explain to me the emboldened parts?
Though I know "intercept" means "to stop and catch something or someone before they are able to reach a particular place" in general.
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"leads on others" = pieces of information that helped the police track down other suspects. "phone intercept" = the interception of a telephone call; in other words, the police had equipment which allowed them to listen to the telephone conversation between Atif and the woman.
- "leads on others" = pieces of information that helped the police track down other suspects.
- "phone intercept" = the interception of a telephone call; in other words, the police had equipment which allowed them to listen to the telephone conversation between Atif and the woman.
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"leads on others" = pieces of information that helped the police track down other suspects.
"phone intercept" = the interception of a telephone call; in other words, the police had equipment which allowed them to listen to the telephone conversation between Atif and the woman.
"phone intercept" = the interception of a telephone call; in other words, the police had equipment which allowed them to listen to the telephone conversation between Atif and the woman.
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