Items for making explosives found in taxi
July 8, 2011
Bernama
Free Malaysia Today
IPOH: A Cambodian man was detained after police found various items for making explosives in a taxi he was driving during an operation, code-named “Op Padam Bersih”, at the exit to Tapah toll plaza yesterday.
Perak police chief Shukri Dahalan said the 41-year-old man, who was alone in the taxi and heading to Tapah from Ulu Tiram, Johor, was arrested about noon.
Police found four sacks of cement mixed with camphor, a sack containing blackish powder, believed to be padi husk, two plastic sacks containing white powder, five clay bowls, a plastic bag believed to contain sand and a plastic contained believed to contain acid in the taxi, he told a media conference here today.
He said police had obtained an order to remand the Cambodian man, who had been residing in the country for 18 years and had obtained his Malaysian citizenship, for four days for further investigation.
The seized items would be sent to the Chemistry Department for analysis, he added.
In an unrelated development, the police, acting on information, went to a Chinese cemetery at Kampung Sitiawan, Manjung, about 120km from here yesterday, and found the entrance to the cemetery scattered with mineral bottles containing petrol and wick.
Also found were a black plastic bag containing 12 bags filled with greenish substance, believed to be fertiliser, four AA size batteries and eight T-shirts with the word “kotor” (dirty) printed on them.
The police rushed to the scene at about 10pm after being informed that a group of men, wearing yellow shirts, had assembled there.
Meanwhile, the office of the Pangkor Service and Complaints Centre, located beside the Umno office in Lumut, was found to have been splashed with paint by an unknown person/s today.
- Bernama
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