Police probe owners of bomb materials

BANYUWANGI, East Java: Banyuwangi Police are intensifying investigations into two suspects caught on Friday at the naval base here with bomb materials.

"We are still investigating why the men gained possession of the potassium chloride, which can be used for making bombs," Banyuwangi detectives chief Adj. Comr. Ardian Indra Nurinia said on Tuesday.

Navy personnel found "AS", a resident of Banyuwangi with 250 kilograms of potassium chloride, which was divided into 10 sacks inside a boat captained by "SR" of Sumenep, Madura.

Police later seized 5 kilograms of gunpowder and several bomb fuses as evidence.

Ardian said the police were interrogating the two suspects.

The suspects told police the materials had been bought from Pasuruan in East Java, he said. --Antara