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Police unearth explosives and arrest five suspects in Bengal

Police unearth explosives and arrest five suspects in Bengal

Kolkata, Feb 19 : Police have seized explosives, arms and ammunition from poll-bound Birbhum district of West Bengal and arrested five suspects under ArmsAct, official sources said on Saturday. Following an input, the Birbhum district police on Friday conducted two raids at Nanoor and Kirnahar separately and seized explosives over four kg, two countrymade firearms and as many bullets. Police also seized a motorbike from the arrested miscreants.As many as 107 municipalities across the state will go to the polls on February 27. In a preventive arrest, police also arrested three miscreants and seized arms and ammunition from their possession at Sadaipur in Birbhum. A country-made gun, two bullets and a kukri were seized from them. The city police on Friday arrested five persons for running an illegal hookah bar from Survey Park in Rajarhat area on the eastern part of the city. (UNI)

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