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Cache of country bombs seized

Staff Reporter

KANNUR: A cache of country-made bombs and other weapons was unearthed from a suspected bomb-making unit at Narath here on Tuesday.

The police seized the stockpile of country-made explosive devices and weapons from an uninhabited house at Narath on Tuesday morning. The arms seized included 20 powerful country-made `pipe' bombs, 12 ordinary country-made explosive devices and two axes. The police also found 10 first aid boxes in the house. These were unearthed during a raid by the Valapattanam police following a tip-off.

The house located on the riverbank at Narath had been uninhabited for the last eight years. It was suspected to be a hideout being used for bomb-making. The police are conducting investigations.

Kannur Dy. SP P. Bhuvanachandran and Valapattanam Circle Inspector T.P. Premarajan headed the police team that conducted the raid.

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