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COIMBATORE: Five tonnes of ammonium nitrate were seized and a truck
driver was arrested by the Walayar police early Sunday morning. Police
claimed that the truck was laden with 100 bags, each containing 50kg of
ammonium nitrate used for making explosives. The explosive material is
generally used in stone quarries.
The truck driver was identified as Abdul Karim, 40, from Ponnani in
Malappuram district. Around 5am on Sunday, a squad from the sales tax
department stopped a truck while checking vehicles at the Walayar
checkpost. On inspection, the squad found five tones of ammonium nitrate
in the truck. On interrogation, Abdul Karim told the squad that he was
taking the consignment from Olapathy in Kerala.
"The driver was instructed to handover the consignment to a person in
Palakkad. We are conducting a detail probe," said S Sasidharan, deputy
superintendent of police (special branch), Palakkad district.
The consignment was transported without any proper documents.
According to police sources, the truck driver had already smuggled two
consignments of ammonium nitrate without any proper documents. Police
are probing on whose instruction Abdul Karim had carried the consignment
and to whom he was supposed to hand them over.
The Walayar police have registered a case against Abdul Karim under
various sections of Explosive Act and he has been lodged in Palakkad sub-
jail.
In the wake of Hyderabad twin bomb blasts, the Kerala and Tamil Nadu
police have stepped up vehicle checks in border areas. All the checkposts
in the border areas were alerted. The seizure of ammonium nitrate created
panic among the public in Kerala and police officials.
"After the seizure, the police have tightened the security and vehicles are
being checked thoroughly," Sasidharan added.
When contacted, E S Uma, superintendent of police, Coimbatore district,
said a team of police has gone to Walayar to investigate about the seizure.
"All the checkposts in the border area were alerted in Coimbatore and
instructed to conduct thorough vehicle check round the clock," Uma said.
m.timesofindia.com/city/coimbatore/5-tonnes-of-ammonium-nitrate-seized-at-Walayar-checkpost-one-held/articleshow/18667077.cms
driver was arrested by the Walayar police early Sunday morning. Police
claimed that the truck was laden with 100 bags, each containing 50kg of
ammonium nitrate used for making explosives. The explosive material is
generally used in stone quarries.
The truck driver was identified as Abdul Karim, 40, from Ponnani in
Malappuram district. Around 5am on Sunday, a squad from the sales tax
department stopped a truck while checking vehicles at the Walayar
checkpost. On inspection, the squad found five tones of ammonium nitrate
in the truck. On interrogation, Abdul Karim told the squad that he was
taking the consignment from Olapathy in Kerala.
"The driver was instructed to handover the consignment to a person in
Palakkad. We are conducting a detail probe," said S Sasidharan, deputy
superintendent of police (special branch), Palakkad district.
The consignment was transported without any proper documents.
According to police sources, the truck driver had already smuggled two
consignments of ammonium nitrate without any proper documents. Police
are probing on whose instruction Abdul Karim had carried the consignment
and to whom he was supposed to hand them over.
The Walayar police have registered a case against Abdul Karim under
various sections of Explosive Act and he has been lodged in Palakkad sub-
jail.
In the wake of Hyderabad twin bomb blasts, the Kerala and Tamil Nadu
police have stepped up vehicle checks in border areas. All the checkposts
in the border areas were alerted. The seizure of ammonium nitrate created
panic among the public in Kerala and police officials.
"After the seizure, the police have tightened the security and vehicles are
being checked thoroughly," Sasidharan added.
When contacted, E S Uma, superintendent of police, Coimbatore district,
said a team of police has gone to Walayar to investigate about the seizure.
"All the checkposts in the border area were alerted in Coimbatore and
instructed to conduct thorough vehicle check round the clock," Uma said.
m.timesofindia.com/city/coimbatore/5-tonnes-of-ammonium-nitrate-seized-at-Walayar-checkpost-one-held/articleshow/18667077.cms