Massive cache of explosives hidden in lorry carrying onions seized in Malappuram

MALAPPURAM: The police seized a massive cache of explosives trying to smuggle inside a lorry carrying onions. The incident happened at Chemmad in Malappuram. Gelatin sticks and detonator wires were seized. The explosives were hidden in boxes in a lorry carrying onions. The lorry driver fled from the spot. The lorry was parked inside a hollow bricks shop in Chemmad.

A vehicle arrived last night to transfer the onions to a smaller lorry. Some people also came in a car along with this. Meanwhile, the police also reached the spot and soon the people fled. The cache of explosives was found during a police search. The lorry bearing the registration number 'KL 10 BF 8395' was taken into police custody. The lorry had 130 onion sacks and the explosives were kept under it and brought. The initial conclusion is that the explosives were brought for the quarries.

Meantime, a cache of explosives was seized from the Palakkad National Highway two days ago. An attempt was made to smuggle explosives in a pickup van carrying watermelons. The vehicle headed to Thrissur was caught by the Palakkad Town South police near the medical college at around 8:30 pm. The vehicle, which did not stop, was chased and taken into custody.

The boxes containing explosives were kept under the watermelons. Detonators and gelatin sticks were seized. There were more than a hundred boxes in the vehicle. The illegal items were hidden among the watermelon bags brought from Dharapuram, Thiruppur in Tamil Nadu.