Police seized a huge cache of explosives from Gopalpur village under the Rambha police limits in Ganjam district and arrested a person in this connection on Tuesday.
The arrestee was identified as Saroj Kumar Pattanaik alias Kuna (35) of Santoshpur in the district. He was forwarded to the Court of JMFC, Khallikote.
According to police sources, a raid had been conducted at Gopalpur on Monday on the basis of intelligence inputs regarding illegal trade and possession of explosives. During search, 392 bags containing 196 quintals of ammonium nitrate, 3,200 gelatin sticks and 10,406 detonators were seized from a storehouse of the accused, who could not produce any valid licence in support of possession of the explosives.
A case has been registered under relevant Sections of the IPC and the Explosive Substances Act; and further investigation was in progress.