Thrissur bus stop explosives were to be smuggled to Lanka
Police probing the recovery of a large quantity of detonators at a
bus stand in Thrissur suspect that the explosives were to be smuggled
into Sri Lanka.
A gunny bag containing 10,000 detonators, placed in 100 boxes, was
found at a bus stand. Two people were arrested in connection with the
incident.
It was the investigation into the dealings of Najeeb, one of those
arrested, that helped police in unravelling the Sri Lankan connection.
Kerala police conducted the probe along with Tamil Nadu police.
"Najeeb used to take the detonators to Meenakshipuram in Tamil Nadu
and hand it over to a person called Biji. From the description we got
from Najeeb, we presume that this person, a Sri Lankan refugee, is a
notorious criminal who has many criminal charges against him," Circle
Inspector T.C. Venugopal of Thrissur East police station said. Thrissur
is 70 km north of Kochi.
Venugopal said Najeeb had been transporting detonators to
Meenakshipuram for 10 months before being arrested.
"He had delivered around 150,000 detonators to Biji. These detonators
are usually used in quarries but Najeeb says that these were purchased
for fishing purposes.
India Abroad News Service.
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