Indonesian police said today that they had arrested two people in connection with the smuggling of 3,000 explosive detonators from Malaysia to a town on Indonesia's Borneo.

Raimi alias Remi bin Salim, 27, was allegedly nabbed with the detonators on a passenger ferry docked in the town of Nunukan in East Kalimantan after collecting them from a Malaysian boat, local police chief Sitompul told AFP .

Raimi also was carrying more than 1,700 metres (yards) of fuse wire when he was caught last Friday, according to a separate statement from the police headquarters in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan's capital.

On Tuesday, a second suspect accused of being the intended recipient of the items, Salmah, 36, was arrested in the South Sulawesi town of Pare-Pare, the statement said.

"We are trying to find out if they have other people working for them," Sitompul said, adding that the pair would be charged under Indonesia's tough anti-terror laws.

Recruiting bombers

The arrests were made as Indonesian police continue their hunt for fugitive Malaysian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammad Top and his followers.

Intelligence documents earlier this week suggested that Noordin was actively recruiting prospective suicide bombers and maintaining close contact with jailed Islamic militants.

Police earlier this month said Noordin had set up a new group called Tandzim Qoedatul Jihad six months before a triple suicide bombing last October on the resort island of Bali, which killed 20 people as well as the bombers.