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Members
of the separatist Free Papua Organization (OPM) appeared in front of
media in the jungles of Papua on July 25, 2009. (AFP Photo / Banjir
Ambarita)
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Jayapura. Papua police on Monday arrested three
persons who they say tried to supply firearms and ammunition to the Free
Papua Organization (OPM).
The three were arrested on the ship Lambelu, which was berthed at Sorong Port in West Papua, at 8.15 p.m local time.
When the suspects were searched, police found one SS-1 assault rifle,
a jungle carbine and an FN handgun as wells as 87 rounds of ammunition
for the SS-1, 21 rounds for the carbine and 14 for the pistol.
The suspects were identified as Simon Karabo, Duka Roger Koloba and Manase Wisara.
Police allege the three brought the firearms to Manado, North
Sulawesi, from the conflict-torn south of the Phillipines through the
Indonesian island of Sangihe Talaud, which is close to Mindanao. From
Manado, police say, they went to Nabire, Papua, by ship, with the
intention to hand the weapons to an OPM group under the leadership of
John Magai Yogi, operating in the Papua district of Paniai.
Manase and Roger are from North Halmahera, in North Maluku province,
while Simon was said to be a member of the Paniai OPM group.
The chief of Papua Police, Insp. Gen. Tito Karnavian, confirmed the
arrest, while adding that police were questioning the suspects in the
hope of locating other members of the group.
By Banjir Ambarita on 09:37 pm Jul 01, 2014
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