Huge cache of explosives found in Kozhikode.

Police seized a cache of explosives containing 376 Gelatine sticks and same number of detonators on Sunday from the house a man named T Mahmood in Kayakkodi, Kozhikode. First the police suspected it might have been for quarrying but this man had no connection to any quarries, no licence to buy these explosives and also said he bought them to blast stones in wells, which the police find unconvincing.

It was the second such seizure of illegally stocked explosive materials from Kayakkodi, one of the major hubs of rural quarry operators.

There was also a major seizure at Mukkom last year during a vehicle inspection by the local police. About 1,000 kg of gelatin sticks had been recovered by the police in the inspection. A Tamil Nadu native was arrested in connection with the incident.

Reports: The Hindu