Source: ANTARA News
March 13, 2010

Pamekasan, Indonesia - Policemen in the East Java island of Madura arrested three fishermen for possessing home-made explosives in a sweeping operation on Thursday.

The fishermen of Candi hamlet, Polagan village, Galis sub-district, Pamekasan regency, were caught red handed with the evidence minutes before going for fishing, a police officer said. Chief of Pamekasan police precinct Adjunct Senior Commissioner Mas Gunarso said here Friday that the suspects were only identified as "N", "I" and "D". "They are all from Candi hamlet," he said.

The policemen also confiscated 15 packs of explosives. They were suspected of practicing blast fishing on the sea near the coastal village, he said.

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