March 09
A Huge quantity of explosive substances were seized from a vehicle in Chitpur area of the city, a senior Kolkata Police officer said on Saturday, NDTV reported.
On Saturday, the Police acting upon a tip-off, intercepted a vehicle near Tala bridge on the BT Road in the capital of West Bengal in the wee hours of Saturday and seized 27 bags containing about 1,000 kg of potassium nitrate,the police officer said.
Potassium nitrate is used in making explosives. Two persons – the driver and his helper have been arrested, he said.
“The vehicle was coming from Odisha and was heading towards North 24 Parganas district. We have arrested the driver and the helper of the goods vehicle,” the officer added.
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