Police Sunday seized 13,950 kilograms (30,750 pounds) of explosive material during the routine inspection of a truck in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, an official said.
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The 280 drums of carbide, a highly explosive material once used in lamps, were found when the truck was stopped at a checkpoint in the Hindu holy city Varanasi, senior police superintendent Subhash Chandra told the Press Trust of India news agency. Police suspect the explosive material may have been meant to cause unspecified attacks and have arrested three people over the seizure, the report said. Chandra said the shipment was headed for the northern city of Kanpur from Jalpaiguri in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. |