Two arrested; detonators seized from car

Chittoor, Jun 9 (UNI) Police arrested two persons and seized 23,000 detonators from them after intercepting their car at Kaluvapalli on the Katpadi-Palamanur road yesterday.

Police today said acting on a tip-off, a police party stopped the Ananthapur-bound car. On checking the vehicle they found 23,000 detonators concealed in eight gunny bags.

The two, identified as Ramesh (30) and Parthasarathy (35), hailing from Arjunapuram in Katpadi in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu, were arrested after they failed to produce any documents for transporting the explosives, police added.

UNI