Man arrested with 1,000 detonators

Man arrested with 1,000 detonators

INDONESIA: East Nusa Tenggara Police said on Saturday they had
arrested a man in possession of 1,000 detonators.

"The preliminary assumption is that the detonators were going
to be sold for illegal fishing purposes, but we are not
discounting other possibilities," said provincial police chief
Edward Aritonang.

The 40-year-old man was arrested on Friday in Kupang, East
Nusa Tenggara, as he attempted to board a ship to the neighboring
town of Maumere, Edward said.

The arrest comes a week after police detained four women and a
man for smuggling nearly 400 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, 900
detonators and 20 pieces of wire from Malaysia into Indonesia.

The five were arrested in the border town of Nunukan in East
Kalimantan.

Edward said the man arrested in East Nusa Tenggara also
possessed an ID card issued in Nunukan, but gave no details as to
whether he had any links to the five arrested last week.

Explosives are commonly used for fishing in Indonesia, a
practice that is banned by authorities. -- AFP