Bicholim: Bicholim police have arrested three people on Monday for theft of 100kg explosives stored by mining companies in the warehouse in pale in Bicholim.
Three defendants have been identified as Prithesh Gawade, Gaurish Shevadkar, both from Sattari and Krishna Gaonkar from Collem.
The police have also recovered explosives.
The police said the theft was committed on November 29, where the defendant had stolen six boxes of explosives, including gelatin, detonators and non-electric tubes stored in the warehouse.
After the case was reported to the Bicholim police, Pi Mahesh Gadekar and his team immediately began investigating.
Of the six boxes, three were hidden in different places in the same area, one box was hidden at Gaonkar’s house, one thrown into the rivulet flowing in Collem, while one was found on the Mhadei River near the bridge in Padei in Sattari.
Police are investigating to check whether explosives have been used in the past to achieve evil intentions.