Colombia foils bomb attacks on police stations

The Colombian police said Tuesday they conducted nine raids in different parts of the capital city and captured five people who were about to carry out bomb attacks on two police stations here.

The five arrestees are members of a criminal gang affiliated to the National Liberation Army (ELN), the second largest guerrilla group in Colombia.

Officers have also seized explosives bars, weapons, and exclusive equipment for the armed forces in the operation, jointly conducted by the Intelligence Agency, Criminal Investigation Agency and the Special Operations Command, according to a police statement.

Before the raids, officers had monitored the gang for weeks and some infiltrated the group, the statement said. Endi