Berkeley Cops Seize Bomb Materials From Home
July 20, 2009 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
A 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing explosive materials at a home in the Berkeley hills, police said today.
Emoru Oboke Obbanya, 27 was arrested at 976 Grizzly Peak Blvd. links.sfgate.com/ZHRK by officers investigating a 911 hang-up call at about 12:30 p.m. Saturday, authorities said.
Obbanya refused to open the door at first, then came outside and immediately closed the door, police Lt. Andrew Greenwood said. He appeared nervous, cursed the officers and refused to provide evidence that he lived there, police said.
Officers decided to search the home to make sure no one inside needed help, Greenwood said. They obtained a search warrant and found bomb-making chemicals and other items used to make explosives, police said.
Police said they didn’t know what Obbanya planned to do with the material. He was arrested on weapons and explosives charges and is being held on $121,500 bail.
