Housemates arrested after explosives found in Penang flats

The police detained a 32-year-old man and a 38-year-old foreign woman after finding a homemade bomb in their unit at the Taman Pandan flats in Butterworth on Sunday.

Seberang Perai Utara (SPU) police chief Mohd Asri Shafie said the police received a call from a woman at 1.05pm to notify that a parcel, believed to contain explosives, was found at the flats.

Following the call, bomb disposal...