Explosives weighing 6.675 tonnes and worth Rs 4 lakh, being transported by violating safety norms and posing threat to human lives, were seized by the Kakati police near a dhaba at Honaga village on the Pune-Bengaluru national highway in the taluk.
Police said the explosives were being carried by violating norms in goods vehicles. They seized the vehicles near a dhaba at Honaga village. Three suspects have been detained in this connection.
They are Ramesh Rayappa Lakkot, Raju Ishwar Shirgavi, residents of Bobalwad in Chikkodi, and Arun Srishail Mathad, a resident of Mugali. The Kakati police are investigating.
Published 08 March 2021, 16:48 IST