Arms Cache in Thailand Intercepted on Way to Indonesia's Aceh by Phairath Khampha 16 July 2002 Thai police seized a large cache of war weapons said to be headed for Indonesia and arrested two people in Langu district on the night of July 14, 2002. It was the second weapons seizure in less than a month. Phuket police earlier swooped on a fishing trawler and found six rocket-propelled grenades, two M67 grenades and about 600 AK47 bullets. In the July 14 raid, 68 AK47 assault rifles, five RPD machineguns, 221 rounds of AK47 ammunition and 67 AK47 magazines were seized from a boat in Thamalai village canal, tambon Pak Nam, about 10pm. Two suspects were detained, Arobi Ongsara, 42, and Jeh-aku Ahman, 43. A third man was held briefly and then released. Mr Arobi allegedly told police he ordered the weapons from men he knew along the border with Burma and paid 5,000 baht for each item. From the border, the weapons were taken to Langu district by truck. There, Jeh-aku was hired to take the weapons by boat to a spot in the Andaman Sea near Tarutao island, where he was to meet a group of traders from Indonesia. They said they could sell the weapons in Indonesia for 20,000 baht each. The weapons were thought to be headed for separatists in Aceh province, who are fighting a secessionist war against the Indonesian army.Mr Arobi said he sold a first consignment of 40 weapons to the traders in May. Police were looking for another suspect, identified only as Hadi.