PAKUR: Police seized over 200 kg of ammonium nitrate, an explosive compound, from a truck in Pakur district of Jharkhand.
The explosive was kept in 46 sacks which were hidden beneath timbers in the truck. Following a tip-off, a team of the state forest department intercepted the truck on Friday night near a village under Pakuria police station limits on Jharkhand-West Bengal border.
The 46 sacks which contained 2.3 quintals of ammonium nitrate were found during a check, police said. However, the driver and helper of the truck fled during checking.
Local forest Ranger Anil Kumar Singh informed Pakuria police station in-charge Abhinandan Kumar who seized the vehicle and the explosives. Police said the investigation is underway to ascertain the origin and destination of the explosives.