Two nabbed for making explosives

Two nabbed for making explosives

PHILIPPINES: Two men were arrested in the southern Philippines for allegedly making explosives, military reports said on Thursday.

The military would not link the two to a series of bomb blasts in the south in recent weeks or to Muslim rebels suspected of carrying out the attacks.

The two Muslim men, Abdul Mohamad and Bubong Ajibon, were arrested here late on Tuesday.

About 50 kilograms of ammonium nitrate, a chemical for fertilizer but which can also be used to make explosives, was seized along with dozens of blasting caps and detonating cords.

The military would not provide further details on the two, although sources said the suspects claimed they sold the bombs to fishermen for use in illegal dynamite fishing. --AFP