New Delhi: Six kilograms of trinitrotoluene (TNT) has been recovered in suburban Andheri in Mumbai on Saturday morning.
The police have arrested four persons including a woman in connection with the haul.
"They were arrested with the TNT at Andheri following a tip off. We suspect them to be explosive runners who could have been entrusted with delivering the consignment to a local contact," Additional Commissioner of Police (West Region) V K Choubey said.
However, he added that the four do not seem to be associated with any organised crime syndicate.
The arrested have been identified as Sakhu Gaikwad, Gautam Telore, Sanjay Pawar and Harishchandra Telore, hailing from different places in Maharashtra's Nashik district, Choubey said.
Acting on a tip-off, a police team from the D N Nagar Police Station arrested the four from a bus stop located next to the Andheri railway station in the early hours, the police said.
An investigating officer in the case said that Sakhu Gaikwad, the woman, had contacts with criminals in Mumbai and has also helped in getting bail for many murder accused. She used to make frequent visits to Mumbai, he said.
This is the first time that TNT, used in making bombs and other explosives, has been recovered from any person in such high quantity in the city, the officer said.
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