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