Huge cache of rebels’ explosives seized in Colombia

September 19th, 2009 HAZARIBAGH - Jharkhand police recovered a huge cache of detonators with the arrest of three persons on Friday. The recovery was made in Hazaribagh district after the police got a tip off that some people were going to supply explosives.

July 30th, 2009 Venezuela: Colombia trying to justify interventionCARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez's government on Thursday accused Colombian authorities of trying to justify an intervention in Venezuela with its allegations that anti-tank weapons found in a rebel arms cache originated here. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it will respond firmly to "every aggression from the Colombian government with very firm measures," as tensions between the neighboring nations rise over the allegations.

July 29th, 2009 BOGOTA - Five civilians were killed and five injured in attacks launched by rebels in northwest Colombia, authorities said Tuesday. Tatiana Valencia, representative of the local government, said the attacks were launched by the Revolutionary Armed Force of Colombia (FARC), which has not been confirmed yet.

July 25th, 2009 Colombian: 16 rebels, 1 soldier killed in fightingBOGOTA — The Colombian military says at least 16 suspected guerrillas and one soldier have been killed in clashes. Defense Minister Gen.

July 18th, 2009 BOGOTA - Thirteen leftist rebels were killed in fighting with the security forces in central Colombia, a media report said. The fighting between Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's largest rebel group, and the security forces took place in the central Meta province Friday.

March 19th, 2009 RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh police Wednesday searched several locations in the state but failed to make any breakthrough in the recovery Tuesday of a huge cache of explosives. 'Simultaneous raids were carried out at Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur cities to achieve breakthrough (in the case),' Deputy Inspector General Pawan Deo told reporters.

March 18th, 2009 RAIPUR - The police in Chhattisgarh Tuesday seized a huge cache of explosives from a truck close to its border with Jharkhand. Officials suspect that the material was meant for the Maoists to carry out attacks in the run-up to the general elections.

March 18th, 2009 RAIPUR - Police in Chhattisgarh recovered a huge cache of explosives, close to its border with Jharkhand Tuesday. Officials suspect the material was meant for Maoists to carry out attacks in the run up to Lok Sabha polls.

March 9th, 2009 BOGOTA - Police in the central Colombia have found and seized a mobile cocaine laboratory and arrested two suspects, EFE reported. The lab, which was seized Saturday in Cundinamarca province, had the capacity to produce 'between 50 and 100 kg of cocaine weekly,' provincial police chief Colonel Fabio Castaneda said.

February 9th, 2009 BOGOTA - At least 18 people have been killed by leftist rebels in a settlement in Colombia, EFE news agency reported Tuesday. According to the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC), the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas have killed at least 18 Awa Indians in recent days in southwestern Colombia's Narino province.

February 8th, 2009 BOGOTA - Nearly seven tonnes of cocaine were seized in Colombia from a truck that was apparently bound for a Mexican drug cartel. Two people were arrested, the police said.

January 13th, 2009 BOGOTA - Four people were killed and 11 others injured by Colombian rebels in southern Narino Province, EFE reported Tuesday. An official said the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's largest leftist guerrilla group, attacked two villages, killing four people including children at around 12.30 p.m.

January 12th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) Tuesday suffered a major setback with 42 rebels surrendering along with a huge cache of arms and explosives, officials said. A police spokesperson said four militants of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), including a woman cadre, also laid down arms at a surrender ceremony in western Baksa district.

December 28th, 2008 LUCKNOW - Three people were arrested in Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh Monday for smuggling in explosives from Madhya Pradesh. A huge cache of explosives was recovered from them, police said.

December 25th, 2008 ISLAMABAD - A huge cache of 650 kg of explosive material has been recovered from a village near here, with the authorities saying they had foiled a plot to cause widespread destruction in the Pakistani capital and the twin city of Rawalpindi. Police, however, failed to arrest three people who were in the house from where the explosives were recovered as they managed to escape during the raid, The News reported Friday, quoting an intelligence agency source.