Police have seized six sticks of industrial grade plastic explosives, four detonators and 38 sharp weapons during a raid in Bukit Kiara View jungle near Desa Sri Hartamas today.

According to Star Online , the explosives were C4 plastic explosives bearing the Emulex brand. The explosives were stashed under the hut.

According to Brickfields police chief ACP Wan Abdul Bari Wan Abdul Khalid, other weapons, mostly crudely made, were found scattered all over the settlement.

Terror link

Abdul Bari said the matter is being investigated under the Corrosive Substances, Explosives and Dangerous Weapons Act 1958.

He said about 10 families were living the in wooden huts there and were believed to be Indonesians. Many escaped during the raid.

“We managed to apprehend three of them, in their 30s, including a woman,” he said, adding that none had proper travel documents.

He did not rule out the possibility that the settlement was home to terrorists.

He said that about 20 to 30 wooden huts had access to electricity and water, sourced from a nearby construction site.