Looters' caches found all over New Orleans

It was like a modern-day treasure map – a computerised diagram of neighbourhoods with codes marking the addresses where National Guard soldiers came upon caches of goods taken by looters in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

It was like a modern-day treasure map – a computerised diagram of neighbourhoods with codes marking the addresses where National Guard soldiers came upon caches of goods taken by looters in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

“There’s probably still loot out there hidden in various homes,” Capt. Gregg McGowan said from his Oklahoma National Guard unit’s makeshift headquarters.

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