French police uncover Eta 'weapons cache'

PARIS, April 4 (UPI) -- French police officials have told the BBC they seized a large arms cache Sunday belonging to the Basque separatist group ETA.

Officials said two ETA suspects were also detained during the raid in a southwestern French village near the Spanish border, while explosives and weapons were confiscated.

Friday police announced the arrest of two senior members of the group and said ETA's logistics chief, Felix Ignacio Esparza, was detained near the city of Dax.

The BBC said more than 800 people have been killed during ETA's 38-year fight to establish an independent Basque homeland in the north of Spain.