New Delhi: Three men were apprehended after Delhi Police busted an alleged illegal firecracker manufacturing unit set up on the second floor of a house in Gokalpur village in northeast Delhi.
14 Monday, where the three men were allegedly found manufacturing and storing firecrackers. The accused, Mohit Goswami (29), Arman (24), and Sameer (21), are residents of Farrukhnagar in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. Police seized five boxes containing 880 finished cold pyro firecrackers, 600 unfinished firecrackers, 34 kg of suspected explosive powders, empty firecracker shells, a filling machine, a weighing machine and packaging material.
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They failed to produce a licence authorising the activity, police said. None of them had any previous criminal involvement, police said. Police said the alleged illegal manufacturing and storage of explosive substances in a residential area posed a serious threat to public safety.
Acting on a tip-off, a team from Gokalpuri police station raided the premises in Gali No. An FIR was registered under relevant sections of BNS and the Explosives Act. Further investigation is under way. Download the TOI App.