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12000 Gelatin sticks, over 3k detonators seized in Thane

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Thane, May 18 (UNI) The officials of the Crime Branch Unit I of the city police seized a large stock of Gelatin sticks besides detonators and arrested one person for illegally possessing them, the police said on Tuesday.
Talking to UNI, Senior Inspector at the Crime Unit – I Krishna Kokni told that based on the tip off, the police raided the premises of Mittal Enterprises a Building material supplier and Quarry contractor at Karivali of Chinchoti Road in Bhiwandi on Monday, and seized the stock of explosives.
He said that the total seizure includes 63 boxes of 12000 gelatin sticks and 4 boxes of 3008 detonators.
The value of the seized goods is around Rs 2,42,600. The explosives were found kept in two rooms of the office, the officer said.
The police arrested the owner of the business Gurunath Kashinath Mhatre, 53 who possessed and stored the explosives without any permit. An offence under sections 286 of the IPC r/w the Explosive Substances Act 1908 section 5 is registered with the Bhoiwada police of Bhiwandi. The police are finding out the source of the Gelatin sticks and Detonators and the purpose of it with the arrested.


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