The motive of a person accused of creating and scattering explosives alongside footpaths within the nation’s capital has to this point eluded police.
The 41-year-old is accused of stealing and buying gadgets wanted to create pipe bombs from a Bunnings retailer in Belconnen, in Canberra’s northwest.
Nearly a dozen of the explosives had been discovered strewn alongside parkland footpaths final week.
ACT Policing Detective Sergeant Samuel Harris stated a mix of knowledge from the general public and detective work led officers to the person’s home in Belconnen on Saturday.
There, police allegedly discovered gadgets used to assemble pipe bombs.
The suspect was arrested at a unit at Gungahlin, within the metropolis’s north, late on Saturday night time and can seem in ACT Magistrates Courtroom on Monday.
‘We’re assured it is not associated to terrorism’
Harris stated the person was recognized to police and was thought to have acted alone.
“At this stage, we do not imagine anybody else was concerned,” he informed reporters on Sunday.
“We’ve not recognized any motivation, however we’re assured it is not associated to terrorism.”
The person has been charged with unauthorised manufacture of a prohibited harmful substance, possessing a prohibited weapon, and theft.
Investigations are ongoing and additional fees are anticipated.
The tube-shaped objects had been first discovered by members of the general public on Tuesday.
As of Thursday, at the very least 11 pipe bombs had been discovered alongside a one-kilometre stretch of footpath close to Lake Ginninderra, a well-liked parkland space for runners and canine walkers.
A few of the explosives appeared to have gone off earlier than being discovered, whereas others had been found intact.
“We have achieved an in depth search of the world and we’re assured we have positioned all those positioned outdoors,” Harris stated.
Police don’t imagine anybody was damage when the explosives detonated.
