Police launched a midnight crackdown on illegal firecracker manufacturing units in the Jagatpur near here.
A team of 10 senior police officials along with four platoons of forces raided the illegal cracker factories operating at Trilochanpur and Mahajanpur under the Jagatpur police limits late on Friday night.
The police team conducted the raids following information about illegal operation of cracker units. They seized huge caches of explosives and firecrackers worth over Rs 50 lakh. As many as 12 persons were detained in this connection.
This was said to be a major crackdown on illegal firecracker units ahead of Diwali celebrations this month.