Soldier arrested over explosives in Tenn. field

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An Army Special Forces soldier has been arrested following the discovery of about 100 pounds of explosives outside his home in Tennessee.

Federal and military officials searched the soldier’s home early Monday morning after a pair of hunters found the C-4 plastic explosive in a field by the house outside Clarksville. The property is near Fort Campbell, a sprawling Army post on the Tennessee-Kentucky border where the soldier is based.

Maj. April Olsen, a spokeswoman for Army Special Forces at Fort Campbell, said the soldier, who was not identified, is in the county jail.

Ted Denny, spokesman for the Montgomery County sheriff, said the explosives found late Sunday evening appeared to be military ordnance.