The materials were stored to make high-power crackers prior to the festival season.
The arrests were made based on CCTV camera footage of the chain-snatching incident that took place at Vishnupuri Colony in Saroornagar on January 13. (Representational Image)
Alappuzha: The police seized illegally-stored explosive materials from a house at Veeyapuram and arrested the house owner on Friday.
The Veeyapuram police raided the house following a tip-off and seized the materials worth lakhs of rupees. Navas, 40, Nalauthengil house, Payipad, who was arrested, was later released on bail.
The materials were stored to make high-power crackers prior to the festival season.
There is a ban on the public display of high-power fireworks after the district witnessed many firecracker accidents in the past few years. In July 2017, a firework at Karintharakal temple, Kayipuran, Muhamma left nine people injured.
( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )
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