Kolkata, Dec 28 (PTI) Police on Wednesday arrested two persons from the Kolkata Leather Complex area, following the seizure of "explosives" from their possession.

Acting on a tip-off, sleuths of the Special Task Force (STF) apprehended the duo on motorcycles on the Sonarpur-Bamanghata Highway, a police officer said.

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"They are explosives dealers from Dubrajpur in Birbhum district. We have seized from them around 40 kg of an orange-coloured substance appearing to be arsenic sulphide," he said.

A case has been initiated under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Motor Vehicles Act, the officer said, adding, the two were sent to 14-day police custody by a local court.

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