Hyderabad: 607 Metric tons of ammonium nitrate seized, one held

Hyderabad police on Tuesday raided a stor facility and recovered a huge amount of illegal 'Ammonium Nitrate'. ammonium nitrate was stored in two different rooms. owner of facility, who had a license for stor capacity of 400 Metric tons, was apprehended for keeping material well over permissible limit and without any safety precaution. 

Speaking to media Rachakonda Commissioner of Police Mahesh Bhagwat said, "On reliable information Bhongir Rural Police raided 'Vishanth ncies Godown' and found two rooms with RCC roof and found 50 KGs and 25 KGs Ammonium nitrate bags without any fire safety. We also apprehended Godown owner Akinapally Shiva Teja and recorded his confessional statement." 

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family accused has been in business of supplying Ammonium Nitrate for 20 years. family has built a two rooms RCC building on outskirts of Gouse Nagar. y also have a license from Chief contractor of explosives, Nagpur, Maharashtra, officials said. 

He furr added that permitted stor capacity was 400 metric tons but he had stored 600 metric tons illegally and without any safety precautions. After accused confession Bhongir Rural police seized 25 KGs- 6,755 bags, 50 KGs - 8,784 bags of Ammonium Nitrate total 607.5 Metric tons and remanded accused into judicial custody, police said. 

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Ar incident

Two persons were held from a Mumbai-bound train in Surat railway station in Gujarat with 7.5 kilograms of mephedrone, a syntic stimulant drug, worth Rs 3.5 crore in illicit market, a DRI official said on October 27. Directorate of Revenue Intelligence official said a team, acting on a tip-off, boarded Mumbai-bound Rajdhani Express on Saturday morning and made seizure and arrests.

" contraband, weighing 7.5 kgs and worth Rs 3.5 crore, was concealed in a bag. two arrested person hail from Haryana had boarded train in Delhi and were on ir way to deliver mephedrone to a person in Mumbai," he said. two have been charged under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and probe into smuggling network operated by m was underway, he said.

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(with ANI inputs)