Arms, explosives seized from Pune businessman

September 18th, 2011 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS  

Pune, Sep 18 (IANS) A substantial quantity of arms and explosives were seized from a businessman arrested in this Maharashtra city Sunday, police said.

Gopal Khatri was detained late 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.

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