Police seize explosives

Police seize explosives

JAKARTA: Police confiscated three tons of chemicals they
feared could be used to make bombs from a truck during a raid on
Tuesday in Serbung, Central Java.

"An investigation is underway to determine whether the
chemical (potassium chlorate) was being used to make bombs,
explosives used in fishing or for something else," National
Police chief of detectives Comr. Gen. Suyitno Landung Soedjono
said.

However, National Police bomb squad director Brig. Gen.
Pranowo said the material had nothing to do with terrorist
activities.

"(The material) was supplies for a firecracker company in
Cirebon, West Java" he said.

The truck's driver told police the potassium chlorate came
from Surabaya, East Java.

Central Java Police were holding the driver and his two
assistants for questioning. --JP