3,000 detonators seized in Madhya Pradesh

Tuesday, November 7, 2006, 5:02 [IST]

Guna, MP, Nov 7: As many as 3,000 detonators have been seized from a jeep at Bahairia crossing about 65 km from this district headquarters, the police said.

The jeep was being driven on Sunday night by Tulsirat Lodhi, a resident of Nayakheda in Ashoknagar district.

The vehicle was believed to have been carrying 10,500 detonators and it was suspected that the rest were disposed off earlier.

UNI

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