India, Sept. 18 -- Berhampur: Days ahead of the festive season, police carried out a massive raid on an illegal firecrackers godown in Odisha's Ganjam district today. A huge cache of firecrackers worth lakhs was seized during the crackdown.
The raid took place at Sundarpur within Chhatrapur police limits. One person has been detained in this connection.
As per reports, Chhatrapur police along with a magistrate carried out searches in the warehouse after getting a tip-off about illegal firecrackers being stocked up there. Acting on the credible intelligence, a team including Chhatrapur SDPO Chandan Kumar Ghadei, IIC IIC Sabyasachi Malla, Additional Tehsildar and acting magistrate N Rabi Pradhan and other police personnel raided three ho...