A spokesman of the Indonesian Police, Brig.Gen Dedi Prasetyo, said here on Monday the squad first detained SN and AZ at 5.35 a.m. in South Tambun, West Java.
Later, it detained H and IG at 6.05 in South Tambun.
At 7.05 a.m. Densus 88 arrested AR and his wife S in North Tambun.
Not long after, at 8.30 a.m. the anti-terror squad arrested AS in North Bekasi, and MA alias Muri in West Semper Village, Cilincing District, North Jakarta.
"Lastly, suspect I was arrested in West Jakarta. He was allegedly involved in a personal preparedness training in Bogor," Prasetyo said.
The police confiscated evidence including a huge amount of high-explosive bomb materials, Triacetone Tripreoxide, from MA in Cilincing, already assembled for a terror attack.
It also seized various firearms, sharp weapons and a pressure cooker for making a pressure cooker bomb from suspected terrorist, H.
"All of them are connected," Prasetyo said.
The police are still on the lookout for the other members of the group.
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