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Dutch Police Arrest Suspected Arms Dealers
Dutch authorities have arrested four people suspected of illegal arms dealing after finding hand grenades and other explosives in a Rotterdam basement, police said Friday. Police found 65 hand grenades, four blocks of military explosive, two detonators and a timer with a triggering mechanism in a bag, National prosecutors said in a statement.The shipment is believed to have come from the former Yugoslavia. The suspects were two men and a woman from Rotterdam, and one man 'without a fixed address,' the statement said. Their names were not released. A prosecution spokesman said the find was not terrorism-related. 'These are ordinary criminals,' National Prosecutor's Office spokesman Wim de Bruin said.
The latest arrests follow the arrest of a 29-year-old man in the southern province of Brabant earlier this week who was allegedly an Islamic convert planning a terrorist attack. Investigators said they found a homemade bomb and 45 military-issue thunder flashes at his home. Friday's statement said the arrests were part of an investigation into weapons dealing, and authorities had also intercepted a shipment of weapons from Croatia to the Netherlands in August. Posted by: Steve 2005-09-16 |
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