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7 tonnes
ammonium nitrate, detonators seized in Maharahstra
Saturday December 18, 2010 05:07:06 PM,
IANS
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Kolhapur (Maharashtra): The Kolhapur district police Saturday seized nearly seven tonnes
of ammonium nitrate and 50 electronic detonators - two key
ingredients for making explosives - and nabbed two people, a
police official said.
Acting on a tip-off, police swooped down on a warehouse on the
outskirts of the town and found 6.90 tonnes of ammonium nitrate,
according to police chief Yashasvi Yadav.
Yadav said 50 electronic detonators were transported here from
Sangli in a Tata Indica car without valid license or documents.
"As per our investigations, the ammonium nitrate and detonators
have been brought here from Sangli. We have arrested two people,
including the warehouse owner," Yadav said.
He said that the intended destination or the purpose of the huge
quantity of explosive chemicals was also being probed in view of
the current circumstances, but declined to speculate on the name
of any group which could be involved in the matter.
Incidentally, Sangli, from where the police say the ammonium
nitrate was brought to Kolhapur, is the home district of state
home minister R.R.Patil.
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