Kota Baru – Police have stepped up checks along the Kelantan-Thai border following last week’s seizure of 41 home-made bombs in the southernmost province of Narathiwat which the Thai police said were manufactured in Malaysia, according to the New Straits Times Online on Monday.
Kelantan deputy police chief Datuk Din Ahmad said Kelantan were also ready to cooperate with their Thai counterpart to solve the case.
“On the Kelantan side, we will beef up security along the border (and follow up on) the matter,” he said.
Din also called on members of the public with information on the case to come forward to contact the nearest police station.
He was commenting on the arrest of the driver of the pickup truck where the bombs were found. Another suspect who was traveling in the vehicle managed to flee the scene.
A check of the vehicle yielded 41 pipe bombs with timers and several communication devices which, according to Explosive Ordnance Disposal officers at the scene, would be used to remotely detonate the bombs, each of which weighs about 500 grams.
Thai police believe the bombs were smuggled in from Malaysia via a natural border route.
