Cache of Explosives found in a box in Jowai town

Shillong, Dec 11 (PTI) A huge cache of explosives was today found in a box near a temple in Meghalaya's Jowai town, 62 km east from here,police said. About three kg of IEDs, three detonators, fuse wires and gelatine sticks were found by a shopkeeper, who informed the police at around 9 am, they said. The explosive was found in a box kept at a fish stall opposite to the temple created panic in the sleepy town, police said. The district administration which does not have its own bomb disposal squad had to wait for three hours for a special bomb squad team from Shillong, they said. The shopowner was detained for questioning, but police said they suspect the hands of underground rebels who could have brought the explosives.