Arms, explosives seized from Pune businessman
A substantial quantity of arms and explosives were seized from a businessman arrested in this Maharashtra city on Sunday, police said.
mumbai Updated: Sep 18, 2011 14:14 ISTIANS
A substantial quantity of arms and explosives were seized from a businessman arrested in this Maharashtra city on Sunday, police said.
Gopal Khatri was detained late on Saturday by the Pune crime branch near a hotel in Kalewadi Road of Hinjewadi suburb on the outskirts of the city, a police officer said.
A search revealed a pistol and three locally-made guns with eight live cartridges.
Police also recovered one kg of ammonium nitrate, 10 detonators and eight gelatin sticks, all used to make and trigger explosives.
First Published: Sep 18, 2011 14:11 IST