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Jakarta police seize boat carrying explosive materials

The Jakarta Metropolitan Marine Police seized a fishing boat carrying 15 kilograms of explosive materials at the Kali Baru port, North Jakarta, on Monday.

The suspects had used explosive materials to catch fish in the sea five times before. With one explosion, they could haul in up to 2.5 tons of fish, they said.
According to Edion, the materials seized from the fishermen were high explosives. “If detonated on land, they could flatten an entire building,” he said adding that police were still investigating the case further… Read Full Article

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