Delhi Police recover over 1,400 kg of firecrackers, 4 arrested
Sophia Hammond
Updated on February 19, 2026
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) In discrete tasks in the public capital, the Delhi Police have recuperated in excess of 1,400 kg of restricted fireworks and captured four individuals in association.
Three men were captured on Monday following explicit data sources that they have put away a gigantic measure of saltines in their shops situated in Hastsal Street close to Uttam Nagar, Najafgarh Street and the Dabur Territory in Rawta Mor.
“Following up on the data sources, the police groups struck the areas and the triplet was captured in various assaults. The police recuperated 224 kg and 300 grams of unlawful fireworks from their shops.
Appropriately, three cases under segment 9-B of the Explosives Act and 188 Indian Corrective Code were enrolled at Uttam Nagar, Bindapur and JP Kalan police headquarters and the denounced were set apprehended,” said M. Harsha Vardhan, the Agent Magistrate of Police (DCP), Dwarka.
The three men have been distinguished as Shanky (33), Suresh Tareja (59), and Rakesh Kumar (40).
In the mean time, in another activity likewise on Monday, the Delhi Police captured Sanjay Kumar, 53 , from Ambedkar Nagar region and recuperated 1,193 kg of fireworks.
In separate operations in the national capital, the Delhi Police have recovered more than 1,400 kg of banned firecrackers and arrested four people in connection. #Firecrackers #Arrested
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“At around 4.30 p.m. on Monday night, a police group close to B-47, Focal Market, Madangir, saw an individual conveying a plastic pack. On checking the plastic sack, the group tracked down fireworks inside it,” said Chandan Chowdhary, DCP, South.
“Upon additional request, a sum of 1,193 kg fireworks were recuperated from his shop in Madangir. A case was enrolled at Ambedkar Nagar police headquarters and the denounced was set nabbed.”