Illegal Materials Seized

The West Bengal Crime Investigation Department has arrested two persons from an area near the Kolkata airport for illegal possession of radioactive substances, which have an "estimated worth of Rs 4,250 crore", a senior officer said on Thursday.

Cash, intoxication and other non-permitted materials worth about Rs 8.33 crore have been seized between the period of the announcement of elections to Jharkhand assembly on November 1 and November 25, Chief Electoral Officer Vinay Kumar Choubey said today.

A fire cracker factory operating illegally in Badalpur area of Gautam Buddh was busted on Saturday following a raid, the officials said. Three-truck loads of firecrackers and explosive material was seized from the factory located in the fields outside a village, a senior official said.

The West Bengal Crime Investigation Department has arrested two persons from an area near the Kolkata airport for illegal possession of radioactive substances, which have an "estimated worth of Rs 4,250 crore", a senior officer said on Thursday.

Cash, intoxication and other non-permitted materials worth about Rs 8.33 crore have been seized between the period of the announcement of elections to Jharkhand assembly on November 1 and November 25, Chief Electoral Officer Vinay Kumar Choubey said today.

A fire cracker factory operating illegally in Badalpur area of Gautam Buddh was busted on Saturday following a raid, the officials said. Three-truck loads of firecrackers and explosive material was seized from the factory located in the fields outside a village, a senior official said.