1000 gelatin sticks, detonators seized in Maharashtra's Thane, 3 held

Thane (Maharashtra): Maharashtra Police on Tuesday arrested three accused of allegedly possessing 1000 gelatin sticks and 1000 detonators in Thane's Bhiwandi.

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The explosives were brought to be supplied to someone in Bhiwandi in Thane district in Maharashtra, said a press note by Maharashtra Police.
"Three accused persons, residents of Palghar had reached Bhiwandi with 1000 gelatin sticks and 1000 detonators in a car. The illegally brought explosives were brought to be supplied to someone in Bhiwandi," the police said.

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The accused persons have been identified as Alpesh alias Balya Hiraji Patel (34), Pankaj Chauhan (23) and Sameer alias Samya Ramchandra Vedga (27). (ANI)

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