India, Nov. 12 -- West Bengal's Birbhum district police seized around 20,000 gelatine sticks from a pick-up van in the Nalhati area on Tuesday night, police said. One person has been arrested in connection with this case.

"The vehicle was detained during a naka check on the Sultanpur-Nalhati Road. It was coming from Pakur in Jharkhand with 50 bags or approximately 20,000 gelatine sticks that were procured and transported illegally," Birbhum superintendent of police (SP) Amandeep said.

"An investigation is ongoing in coordination with the Pakur police," he added.

The arrested man, identified by the police as Narayan Ghosh, a resident of Birbhum, was produced before the Rampurhat court on Wednesday and remanded in police custody for thre...