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The 12 Brigade Reconnaissance Force (BRF) has seized a substantial amount of explosives and other bomb-making equipment in Afghanistan. Afghan soldiers supported by the BRF discovered the weapons cache in the Hyderbad area of Helmand. Items seized included 250kg of explosives, as well as a large number of pressure plates and other bomb making components. Flip flops Following intelligence reports that a mosque was being used as an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) factory, Afghan soldiers supported by 12 BRF deployed by Chinook helicopter to cordon and search the area. The insurgents, who had turned the local mosque into an IED factory, were caught off-guard leaving their freshly made tea and flip-flops in their bid to escape. The majority of the cache was found inside the mosque with the explosives already in containers ready to be used. Military working dog deployed with the unit found multiple devices around the factory already in place and ready to be armed. The skill of the pilots in landing so close to the objective and the speed of the Afghan troops when on the ground prevented the insurgents from arming themselves. Analysis Maj Dalby-Welsh, Light Dragoons (Officer Commanding 12 BRF) said: "This represents a real blow for the insurgency; this is a quarter of a tonne of explosives which cannot be used against the Afghans or ISAF troops. "We were confident that we would find something but we didn't expect to find a cache of this size.” The explosives and detonators were destroyed on site, whilst a large amount of evidence was recovered and taken back to Camp Bastion for further analysis. The BRF is made up of 13 units from across 12 Brigade. The main body is formed from the Norfolk-based Light Dragoons, with troops from: The Welsh Guards; 3 Yorks; 3 Rifles; 1 Royal Welsh; 1 Royal Anglian; 26 Engr Regiment; The Grenadier Guards; Royal Artillery; Royal Signals; RMP; Medics; Intelligence Corp; and REME.