Paris - French police and anti-terrorist forces arrested the suspected head of logistics of the Basque separatist group ETA and four other alleged members of the organisation yesterday.
Asier Oyarzabal Chapartegui, or Baltza, was arrested with four others on suspicion of plotting to steal explosives from a depot in Savoie in the French Alps.
Oyarzabal Chapartegui has been described as an ETA hardliner and is said to favour an escalation of violence.