KOZHIKODE: The police on Monday made a huge haul of explosives from a vehicle at Mukkam and arrested two persons.
The seized items included 450 kg of gun powder, 400 gelatin sticks, 1,500 detonators and a seven-metre-long electric cable.
The arrested were identified as Haris and Mehaboob of Mukkam. During interrogation, the duo said that the explosives were meant for a quarry. But the police found that there was no such quarry in the area mentioned by the duo.
Further investigations were on to check from where the explosives were sourced and for whom they were meant.
The explosives, seized during a check near Abhilash junction, were similar to those used in quarries.
The police do not suspect any extremist link to the incident. The Mukkam police had stepped up the night patrol following a major burglary some days ago
