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NYC terror probe: Cops visit truck rentals, chemical suppliers

Quick ReadLIRR officials: While "there is no credible threat on our system, we have increased police presence at key locations."

MTA police officers, Mike Rees and Ray Weingart,

Photo credit: Ari Mintz | MTA police officers, Mike Rees and Ray Weingart, keep watch on the Long Island Rail Road concourse in Penn Station on Tuesday. (Sept. 22, 2009)

As New York City transportation officials moved to ratchet up security at major rail hubs, law enforcement sources said Tuesday that police were conducting more visits to truck rental companies and chemical suppliers as part of the major terrorism probe that led to the arrest of three men over the weekend.

Reports also spread that police had raided homes in Queens in search of more than a...

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