Police seize seven quintals of explosives in Bihar

Patna: Police seized about seven quintals of potassium nitrate used to make explosives from a village in Bihar and arrested five people, officials said today. A police officer said the explosive material was recovered late Thursday night from a village under Chakai block in Jamui district, about 150 km from here. Last month explosive materials, firearms and live cartridges were recovered from Gaya, Patna and Munger districts.