As many as 11 gelatin sticks along with a sackful of detonators were seized by the police from a vehicle near Raghunathpur Police Station, 30 km from here on Saturday.
Purulia Superintendent of Police Neelkant Sudhir Kumar said acting on a tip-off, policemen in plainclothes stopped the vehicle and seized the explosives. The consignment was being taken to Jamshedpur from Asansol in West Bengal.
The driver, who was the only person present in the vehicle, was arrested, he said. Interrogation of the driver is on, he added. later, police arrested a local in connection with the seizure of the explosives. Police said the arrest was made after the vehicle driver named the person.