40,000 detonators recovered in Mizoram

In a joint operation, Assam Rifles personnel and police recovered 40,000 detonators from Bawngkawn locality here.

The police said that the detonators were being smuggled to Myanmar.

"We have been receiving intelligence inputs that the detonators were being smuggled to Myanmar in large quantity, but this is the largest-ever haul till date," a police officer said.

The detonators were seized yesterday.

Two Myanmarese nationals identified as Zabika (49) of Falam area and Thawnga (37) of Kalemyo area were arrested in this connection and charged under relevant sections of the Explosives Act.

The detonators, made by Hyderabad-based Explosive Division of the Gulf Oil Export Corporation Ltd, were worth around Rs 8.4 lakh in the local market, the police said.

Source: http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/40-000-detonators-recovered-in-mizoram-114052800597_1.html

CRPF & LOCAL POLICE RECOVER EXPLOSIVES FROM DURGADHA FOREST

The Hazaribagh police have recovered huge quantity of explosives from the Durgadha forest of Chauparan block on Friday during area domination drive of the forest areas of Jharkhand-Bihar border. SP Manoj Kaushik said that the explosives were found hidden in the forest and it seems that the Naxal ultras have kept it for creating panic and disturbing the forthcoming elections.

SP Manoj Kaushik informed that the joint team of police and CRPF recovered three cylinder bombs, five cane bombs, five pressure cooker bombs, five gelatins, five detonators and wires form the forest.

The expert team of Hazaribagh police today diffused the bombs in presence of SP. SP Kaushik said that we have got information that the left ultras are planning to disturb the election and preparations are going on to have blasts at many places to create panic. This seizure has been made after getting concrete information by our sources.

DIG PR Das also confirmed that all the seized bombs have been successfully diffused today. He said that the area domination drive is going on to sanitize entire area before the election. Besides local police teams the jawans of CRPF are also taking part in this drive.

The team which recovered the cache of ammunition from the extreme naxal affected area of Chouparan block which is near to Jamunitiyari village of Dahair panchayat was led by Barhi Police Inspector Akhilesh Kumar, OIC Chouparan Suresh Ram, Deputy Commandant of 22 Battalion of CRPF BK Srivastava, Assistant Commandant Ajay Kumar, Nitish Kumar and others were the member of this team

Source: The Pioneer 23 March 2014