Gegana Bengkulu Police Detonate Objects That Look Like Bombs

The series and components of objects resembling bombs were secured by the Rejang Lebong Police after it was blown up by the Bengkulu Police Mobile Brigade Unit Gegana team. (Photo doc. Rejang Lebong Police Public Relations)

BENGKULU - The Gegana Team of the Bengkulu Police Mobile Brigade Unit detonated an object resembling a bomb that was secured by Rejang Lebong Police personnel.

Rejang Lebong Police Chief AKBP Tonny Kurniawan said the discovery of the object resembling a homemade bomb was secured by an unknown person while in Air Lanang Village, South Curup District, Rejang Lebong Regency, at around 09.30 western Indonesia time.

"Earlier at around 17.30 western Indonesia time, the Gegana Sat Brimob Team of the Bengkulu Police had carried out a series of disposals to find out whether the homemade bomb was a real bomb. The result was that it was a fake bomb," he said, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, February 9.

He explained that the object resembling an improvised bomb after being detonated in the backyard of the Rejang Lebong Police Headquarters was found to contain neither explosives nor detonators and was only a series.

The owner of the suspicious object named JM (33) a resident from Jambi Province, he said, is still under investigation by investigators and will coordinate with his family in this area.

The police also communicated with the Rejang Lebong Social Service to find out whether the person concerned had a mental disorder or not.

In this blasting officers from the Gegana Sat Brimob of the Bengkulu Police managed to unravel the components of the object that resembled an improvised bomb in the form of 1 Xiaomi brand cellphone battery, 1 Alkaline brand battery, 2 ABC brand 1/2 volume batteries, 1 lamp, and 1 "micro switch".

Previously, Rejang Lebong Police officers arrested a resident of Air Lanang Village, South Curup District, who was suspected by residents because of his suspicious behavior, and during the search, an object resembling a bomb was found in a bag.

The bomb-like object and its owner were then secured to the Rejang Lebong Police Headquarters while waiting for an investigation to be carried out by the Bengkulu Police Mobile Brigade Unit Gegana Team to arrive in the area.