The Brahmapur police on Monday arrested three persons and seized a huge cache of explosives from a house at Bhaliagada on the outskirts of the city.
On a tip-off, the police after getting direction from Brahmapur SP Aniruddha Singh on Saturday conducted a raid at Tara Tarini Crusher Unit near Surala road and seized 42 gelatin sticks, five packets of Ammonium, 15 packets of Urea, 100 detonator, 12 bundles of fuse wire and a car from a house of the unit.
The police arrested owner of the crusher unit Santosh Ranjan Tripathy of Godabarish Nagar under the Baidyanath Pur police limits in the city along with his two aides Damburu Sahu of Erandra village and Bhaskar Pradhan of Jagannathpur on the outskirts of the city.
Meanwhile, two persons of Bhaliagada village are still absconding. The police have started a manhunt to nab the duo. The explosives were found stored in a house in the Bhaliagada area. These were supposed to be used for blasting work in an illegally-run stone crusher unit, police said.