Huge caches of gelatin sticks, detonators and other explosives were seized from two storehouses at village Satamana under the Jenapur police station in Jajpur district on Tuesday. "Altogether 100 electronic detonators, 300 cartons of gelatin sticks, 1,000 packets of ammonium nitrate and other explosives were seized during the raid. The owner of the storehouses managed to flee from the spot, said Jenapur PC IIC Sarban Moharana. As per our preliminary investigation the explosives were intended to be used to carry out illegal mining in the area. Prima facie it is suspected that the explosives were procured for mining. We are probing the case further, including the source of the gelatin sticks and detonators and purpose for which they were stored in such huge quantities, added Moharana.