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FBI Alerted After ‘Suspicious’ Bulk Purchases of Cellphones at Missouri Walmarts

UPDATE (12/11/15): Theft of dozens of propane tanks, purchase of 150 prepaid cell phones in Missouri puts FBI on alert

Click here: FBI was alerted recently after several “suspicious” bulk purchases of mobile phones at multiple Walmart locations across the state of Missouri.

One location, Macon, MO, is only 150-miles from Burlington.

Police say just before 4am Saturday morning, two men purchased about 60 phones from the Lebanon Walmart store  in addition to three other reports of similar incidents in Columbia, Macon and Jefferson City.