Two new arms dumps were found today at Kfar Saba, north of Tel Aviv, as police pressed their search for additional arms caches linked to the assassination of Dr. Israel Rudolph) Kastner.
The newest arms discoveries contained submachine guns, rifles and Molotov cocktails, all in good condition and ready for instant use, police said. The first discovery included flame throwers and large stores of ammunition.
The owner of a hencoop in which the arms were found was released on bail for cooperating in the investigation with police, who said the arsenal apparently belonged to the Stern Gang of the British Mandatory period. The owner reportedly received a monthly salary for keeping the arsenal in readiness.
Location of the weapons followed the arrest of a number of suspects in the killing of Dr. Kastner, center of a controversial court action involving charges he collaborated with the Nazis in Hungary during World War II. Dr. Kastner succumbed to bullet wounds on March 15.
Police officials said they planned to re-open an inquiry into a number of unsolved robbery cases in recent years to check the possibility the thefts might be related to the same underground terrorist group they blamed in the Kastner slaying. One of the thefts involved hundreds of thousands of Israeli pounds stolen from military payment officers.
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