Police seize 19 steel bombs, 2 pipe bombs, sword in Kozhikode's Chekkiad
Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Sub Inspector M Mohanan, along with a bomb squad, searched and uncovered the weapons.
Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Sub Inspector M Mohanan, along with a bomb squad, searched and uncovered the weapons.
Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Sub Inspector M Mohanan, along with a bomb squad, searched and uncovered the weapons.
Kozhikode: The Valayam police on Thursday seized 14 steel bombs, two pipe bombs and a sword in Chekkiad gram panchayat, Kozhikode. The weapons were recovered from beneath a culvert on the Border Security Force (BSF) road at Kayalottu Thazhe by 5 pm. Some of the bombs were found in a box, while the remaining bombs and the sword were on the ground.
The road leads to the BSF camp in Areekkarakunnu, which is just over a kilometre away from the site.
Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Sub Inspector M Mohanan and a bomb squad conducted a search and uncovered the weapons. The police continued their search in the Valayam grama panchayat until nightfall.
"The investigation into the incident is ongoing, and the bomb squad will defuse the recovered bombs," police said. The investigation is being led by Station Inspector Fayiz Ali.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the police had frequently seized steel bombs and pipe bombs from Chekkiad and Valayam areas. However, no significant finds have been reported in recent years. These areas are closely connected to the political scene in Kannur.