8k gelatin sticks, 1.5k detonators seized from Myanmar border

AIZAWL: Mizoram Police seized 8,000 gelatin sticks (dynamite) and 1,500 detonators from the Vawkpuilutar area on the Mizoram-Myanmar border in the south-eastern Hnahthial district early on Tuesday morning.
Highlighting that the explosives could be transported to Myanmar for use by militant groups there, police said the explosives items were recovered at about 4 am from a cab bearing registration no MZ 01 AA-3655 and belonging to one Jehan Lalnunmawia of Sangau sub-town in southernmost Mizoram's Lawngtlai district after the vehicle was intercepted at Vawkpuilutar.
While the gelatin sticks were concealed in 40 boxes, detonators were hidden in five boxes, a policeman said.
Driver of the cab H Ramropui (24), also a resident of Sangau, was arrested initially for transporting the explosives without an explosive licence. He has been booked under Section 5(a) of the Explosive Substances Act, 1908.
The policeman said the cab was going towards Sangau from Aizawl and the police did not rule out the possibility of the explosives being transported to the insurgent groups in Myanmar as there were several similar reports of explosives being ferried to Bungtlang village in Myanmar's Chin state from Mizoram.