About 26 kg of ammonium nitrate explosive and detonators were seized by police and one person arrested in this connection in Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh .
Acting on a tip off, police arrested Ram Narain from Sukrat township and seized 26.5 kg of ammonium nitrate and 20 electronic detonators from his possession, a home department spokesman said here.
During interrogation, Ram Narain claimed that he had brought the explosives from Bihar for blasting stones, the spokesman said, adding that a case has been registered and further investigations are on.
Sonebhadra is a Naxal affected district.
