The Burgumpadu police seized a huge quantity of explosive material from a lorry bound for Maoist-affected Malkangiri district of Odisha at Morampalli Banjar village on the Khammam-Bhadrachalam main road in Palvancha division on Thursday.

According to sources, a police team intercepted the lorry laden with explosive material during a vehicle checking drive near Morampalli Banjar on Thursday morning.

Police recovered 50 bundles of fuse-wire and several other bundles of electric detonators, besides other material used to trigger explosives from the lorry.

Three held

They detained three members of the lorry crew for questioning.

Police sources said that the illegal consignment of explosive material was procured from a quarry in Nalgonda district and was being transported to some undisclosed location in Malkangiri district.

Further investigation is under way to ascertain the exact place from where the consignment originated and the persons behind the illegal transportation of explosive material.

Police sources say the consignment was procured from a quarry in Nalgonda and being transported to some undisclosed location in Odisha’s Malkangiri district