US soldier caught with cache of military explosives

A US Army soldier has been detained and charged with possession of a large amount of stolen military ordnance.

US Army and federal investigation agents confirmed the arrest of an unnamed Army Special Forces trooper around Clarksville on the Tennessee-Kentucky border.

Around 100 pounds of the military explosive C-4 was discovered at his residence in the state of Tennessee.

The soldier was taken into custody without bail after the investigators recovered the explosives on Sunday, AP reported.

The authorities are conducting an investigation to determine the man's motive for stealing army ordnance, but no further details on the arrest of the soldier based at Fort Campbell were given.

Earlier in October another soldier from the base was arrested while attempting to sell a number of grenades and an anti-tank rocket to an undercover agent.