Police find large explosives warehouse

Police find large explosives warehouse

Police said on Thursday that they had found a large warehouse
storing explosives that were linked to the blast in the basement
of the four-story Graha Cijantung building in East Jakarta early
last month.

"The warehouse in Kamal in the Cengkareng subdistrict of West
Jakarta supplied the explosives used for the blast in Graha
Cijantung last month," said city police detective chief for
general crimes Adj. Sr. Comr. Raja Erisman.

Raja said police confiscated two containers and several drums
containing explosives from the warehouse.

"We also arrested Kusnaedi and Aji, the owner and a guard at
the storehouse, when we raided the building," Raja added.

Earlier last Friday, Raja said police had arrested two
suspects, Fahri and Husaini, who had bought the explosives from a
storehouse in Medan, North Sumatra.

Raja said the findings came from a police investigation into
the blast at Graha Cijantung located on Jl. Raya Bogor near the
Kopassus Headquarters. Eight people were slightly injured in the
explosion.

Last month, police arrested five suspects in connection to an
attack at a rented house in Tapos village, Cimanggis Depok. They
also seized several grenades, homemade bombs, 20,000 rounds of
ammunition, over 160 magazines, several detonators, a pack of
marijuana, Rp 50 million (US$5,555) in cash and army fatigues
along with them. All the items reportedly came from Aceh.

Police said earlier that they were still hunting for seven
other suspects who were still at large. They include Ramli, the
alleged mastermind behind the blast at Plaza Atrium in Senen in
Central Jakarta last year. --JP