Five arrested in Odisha as police seize huge quantity of explosives used in illegal mining

Five people were arrested in Odisha's Dhenkanal district on Saturday after a huge quantity of explosives used for illegal stone mining was seized, police said.

Acting on a tip-off, the Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Police conducted raids in Rasol, Balimi and Motugoan police station areas of the district and made the seizures and arrests, they said.

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Among the items seized were 200 detonators, 75 gelatines and 50 kg of ammonium nitrate, they said.

Several drilling machines, compressors and trucks were also seized, police said.

A case was registered in connection with the matter, they said.