Scary news from Mandalay — several detonators and large amounts of materials that can be used to make bombs were discovered in a monastery in the city’s Maha Aung Myay township, reports the Myanmar Times.
Police had received a tip and consequently conducted a raid that lead them to the findings.
Inside a truck parked in the monastery compound were four ammonium nitrate fertilizer bags that contained 200 Chinese-manufactured detonators. A wider search of the property also revealed two bags of charcoal and more than 250 bags of ammonium nitrate fertilizer.
The Times also reported that an additional 204 detonators were found in a basement where another man was living, although it’s unclear how the man is related to the monastery.
Both the truck owner and basement reside have been arrested and charged under Section 5 of the Explosive Substances Act.
Last month, there were a series of small explosions across Yangon caused by homemade M-150 energy drink containers filled with chemicals. As of now, no news on whether there are any connections between the suspects detained in relation to the Yangon explosions and the Mandalay findings.
