Dynamite News Assam Police recovers explosives from passenger bus in Goalpara; one arrested
A man was arrested from a passenger bus, incoming from Meghalaya, carrying a huge cache of explosives in Assam's Goalpara. Read further on Dynamite News:
Goalpara: A man was arrested from a passenger bus, incoming from Meghalaya, carrying a huge cache of explosives in Assam's Goalpara, police said on Sunday.
The Goalpara district Police in a joint operation with a team from Krishnai police station in Assam also recovered detonators from the bus.
"We have arrested a person in connection with this. Police recovered 1162 numbers of gelatin and 998 detonators from the bus. The bus was coming from Meghalaya," Goalpara ASP, Rituraj Doley said.
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According to police, based on secret information, a police team of Goalpara district and Krishnai police station conducted an operation and intercepted a passenger bus at Krishnai area.
Further investigation into the incident is underway.
In a similar incident, Border Security Force intercepted an Assam-bound civil bus and seized a huge quantity of Burmese Betel nuts worth Rs 12 lakh from the Umkiang area of Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, an official statement said on April 10.
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Four persons were apprehended including the driver and co-driver in connection with the incident after failing to produce valid documents. The incident took place on April 9 in which the 172 Battalion of the BSF Meghalaya seized the Betel nuts, acting on a specific input.
"The apprehended persons revealed that they were coming from Tripura and consignment was being taken to ISBT Guwahati," the statement said. (ANI)