Gaya: In a huge haul, about 45 quintals of explosives meant for Maoists were seized by the Special Task Force of Bihar police from two places in naxal-hit Gaya district in the wee hours on Thursday.
Acting on a tip off, police raided a shop at Gaulakhshni area here and seized 29 gunny bags containing the explosives, Superintendent of Police S M Khopade said.
The STF also raided a house of Hari Yadav, suspected to be having links with ultras, under Delha police station and seized 70 sacks of explosive materials, mostly ammonium nitrate, Khopade said.
Each of the sacks contained 40 to 45 kg of explosives, he said, adding huge quantity of naxal literature was also recovered during the police operation.
The explosives were highly inflammable and forensic experts have been called from Patna to test the material, the SP added.
