Trademe has cancelled the membership of a user selling chemicals that could have been used to make a bomb - but not because they're concerned about the listing itself.
A user called "Counting Sheep One" was selling a range of chemicals, some used by farmers as fertiliser.
But there was concern the amounts and the combinations of chemicals being sold made it too easy for someone to make a bomb.
Trademe's Trust and Safety manager Chris Budge said he's tracked down the seller - who was not who he appeared to be.
“Yes he was a young guy, yes he is a student, but he said he has been laid up in bed in Napier for the last two days with a stomach bug and he didn’t know anything about the media inquiry,” he says.
Mr. Budge says reporting on the matter means many of the public will now be aware what chemicals are needed to make a bomb - and Trademe will now consider whether it has a moral obligation to remove similar listings.
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