Bomb making materials, explosives seized from Dar Kulaib warehouse

Manama

A warehouse was found in Dar Kulaib village that contained a large quantity of high-intensity explosives and bomb-making materials, the Ministry of Interior announced.

 The discovery was made during an investigation into the smuggling of explosives from Iraq in a bus on March 15, and the trafficking of explosives to Saudi Arabia through King Fahad Causeway on May 8.

After notifying the Public Prosecution, the forensic lab teams moved to the location for technical examination. They also seized the items, which were hidden behind a wall.

The forensic team took samples from the explosives to identify their type and transport them to a safe location.

Investigation revealed the involvement of two fugitives in Iran, 32-year-old Murtadha Majeed Ramadhan Al Sindi and 26- year-old Qassim Abdullah Ali. Both of them were sentenced to life for their involvement in terror cases.

They formed a terrorist group that targets the security of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The group’s activities included providing military training to its members, smuggling explosives and receiving intensive training from Iraq in arms use and scuba diving to plant mines and explosives in the sea.

They received training from camps run by the Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, who also offered logistic and financial support to the Bahraini terrorist group, the statement said. 

Qassim Abdullah reportedly assigned Mohammed Jaffar Abdullah to search for a secret warehouse for bomb-making, and he rented a house in Dar Kulaib. He told police he associated with the two men arrested by Saudi security authorities, Sadiq Majeed and Jaffar Mohammed, to make 6 to 8 bombs. He revealed he received about BD1000 on a monthly basis from the group’s leader.

The forensic lab of the Interior Ministry confirmed the confiscationed items have the ability to blast a vast area. The warehouse was located near inhabited houses and two mattams (community centers), posing great threat to life.

Lab tests revealed some of the explosives were local made.  In addition, some detonators and electronic circuits resembled the items confiscated in the foiled smuggling attempts on King Fahad Causeway on March 15 and inside a warehouse in Al Qurayyah on  December 29, 2013.

Comparison of lab results and evidence from those previous cases pointed to Iran and Iraq as the source of the materials.