They said the driver of the truck, which belonged to the
Electricity and Water Ministry, was taken into custody. They described him as
an Asian national but gave no further details.
“The suspected explosive material was found in a white
pickup’s exhaust, entering Shuaiba port on Saturday,” one of the officials
said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “The substance is C4 and is the size
of two fingers.” C4 is a high-velocity military explosive.
Another security official said there was no immediate
indication the explosive was to be used in a militant attack in the world’s
fourth-largest oil exporting country but investigations were still in progress.
Authorities carried out a security sweep at Shuaiba port,
home to one of the country’s three crude oil refineries, after the truck was
stopped, one of the officials said. The port is in the south of Kuwait city.
In 2009, Kuwait foiled an Al-Qaeda-linked plan to bomb a US
Army camp and other facilities in the country, including the state security
building.
