Based on secret information, the Central Reserve Police Force and Bokaro Police intercepted a white car Force-one (BR-1PD-6021) near Dadupahri area on Phusro-Dumari Road from Bokaro's Nawadih, in the early hours of the day, said Bokaro SP P. Murugan here on Saturday.
The forces recovered 4,800 gelatine and 5,000 electric detonators used to make explosives, said CRPF Cammandant Akhilesh Kumar Singh of 26th battalion.
Two people – the driver and his associate - have been arrested, police said. They have been identified as 49-year-old Uma Shankar Prasad and 16-year-old Abhisek Raj. The duo will be produced before the Bokaro court on Monday. SDPO Bermo R. Ramkumar, ASP Umesh Kumar, Dy Cammandant Sanjay Kumar and others were pressed into service and on examination of the bag from car they found the ammunition, said Sanjay Kumar Dy Cammandant.
Police have registered a case under the Explosives Substances Act.
Further interrogation have been initiated to know why they have been carrying these explosives and the purpose of keeping it, the SP added.