India, Sept. 2 -- LUCKNOW The police on Monday unearthed six more illegal firecracker units in Behta village here and destroyed a huge quantity of crackers and raw material used in manufacturing them a day after twin explosions killed a couple and left five others injured in the village on Sunday morning.

The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) and cops dug out explosive material from under the ground with the help of detectors. The crackdown lasted more than 12 hours and was conducted under the supervision of DCP (east) Shashank Singh.

These units were located within 100-metre radius of the second blast site - a tin-shed structure near Semra Bhuiyan temple allegedly used for firecracker storage. This was a little away from the illegal unit where...