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| More than 100 kilos of dynamite found as police arrest 6 in series of raids across Norway | More than 100 kilos of dynamite found as police arrest 6 in series of raids across Norway |
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| Police in Norway have recovered more than 100 kilos of dynamite and detained at least six people after a series of raids on homes in the Sorlandet region during an operation that began on Wednesday evening. | Police in Norway have recovered more than 100 kilos of dynamite and detained at least six people after a series of raids on homes in the Sorlandet region during an operation that began on Wednesday evening. |
| The operation continued Friday and at least three people remain in custody. | The operation continued Friday and at least three people remain in custody. |
| Bomb squad officers recovered the large stash of dynamite in a house in the community of Tvedestrand overnight. The discovery of the explosives followed separate raids on properties in Arendal and Grimstad – communities located about 250kms southwest of Oslo. | Bomb squad officers recovered the large stash of dynamite in a house in the community of Tvedestrand overnight. The discovery of the explosives followed separate raids on properties in Arendal and Grimstad – communities located about 250kms southwest of Oslo. |
| Norway’s Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning (DSB) is working with bomb squad officers in the operation. | Norway’s Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning (DSB) is working with bomb squad officers in the operation. |
| Police are saying little about the operation or the identities of those arrested. | Police are saying little about the operation or the identities of those arrested. |
| “When there are such large amounts of explosives going astray, which are not stored in a proper way, it is very serious,” Helge Torsvik, the officer in charge of the investigation at Arendal told broadcaster NRK. | “When there are such large amounts of explosives going astray, which are not stored in a proper way, it is very serious,” Helge Torsvik, the officer in charge of the investigation at Arendal told broadcaster NRK. |
| The investigation began, police say, when they stopped a car and four people on Wednesday night in Arendal. The driver was suspected of driving drunk or being under the influence of drugs. | The investigation began, police say, when they stopped a car and four people on Wednesday night in Arendal. The driver was suspected of driving drunk or being under the influence of drugs. |
| A weapon was recovered, leading police to search a local property. There, they found a small quantity of explosives. They later searched another property in nearby Grimstad and found more explosives. | A weapon was recovered, leading police to search a local property. There, they found a small quantity of explosives. They later searched another property in nearby Grimstad and found more explosives. |
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