<p>In a joint operation by Kalaburagi-Yadgir Internal Security sleuths and the district police, as much as 750 kg of explosives was seized from a stone quarry unit at Aalahal near Kembhavi in the district on Sunday.</p>.<p>The Kembhavi police have booked quarry owner Shantagouda Nadahalli, vehicle driver Moulali and supplier of explosives Ravi Biradar on the charges of supplying and storing unauthorised explosives.</p>.<p>Based on a tip-off, the police team pounced on the quarry and seized gelatin sticks weighing 750 kg, 50 pieces of non-electric detonator, 30 boxes of IDL, 80 mm booster and 7 feet of cordex.</p>.<p>Yadgir SP Rishikesh Bhagavan Sonawane and Kalaburagi-Yadgir ISD CPI Adeppa Banni visited the quarry following the seizure.</p>.<p>In the last week of February, the Kalaburagi police had seized 1,675 kg of explosives from a construction company in Bidar.</p>.<p>The police and Mines and Geology officials have cracked down on quarries across the state seizing big hauls of explosives, following the blasts at stone quarries in Shivamogga and Chikkaballapur which snuffed out lives of 12 workers, last month.</p>
<p>In a joint operation by Kalaburagi-Yadgir Internal Security sleuths and the district police, as much as 750 kg of explosives was seized from a stone quarry unit at Aalahal near Kembhavi in the district on Sunday.</p>.<p>The Kembhavi police have booked quarry owner Shantagouda Nadahalli, vehicle driver Moulali and supplier of explosives Ravi Biradar on the charges of supplying and storing unauthorised explosives.</p>.<p>Based on a tip-off, the police team pounced on the quarry and seized gelatin sticks weighing 750 kg, 50 pieces of non-electric detonator, 30 boxes of IDL, 80 mm booster and 7 feet of cordex.</p>.<p>Yadgir SP Rishikesh Bhagavan Sonawane and Kalaburagi-Yadgir ISD CPI Adeppa Banni visited the quarry following the seizure.</p>.<p>In the last week of February, the Kalaburagi police had seized 1,675 kg of explosives from a construction company in Bidar.</p>.<p>The police and Mines and Geology officials have cracked down on quarries across the state seizing big hauls of explosives, following the blasts at stone quarries in Shivamogga and Chikkaballapur which snuffed out lives of 12 workers, last month.</p>
