The Crime Branch of Delhi Police busted two illegal storage and sale networks, seizing 423 kilograms of banned firecrackers in coordinated raids across the Capital. Three persons have been arrested in the operation, officials said on Tuesday.

According to police, acting on specific inputs, two separate teams led by senior Crime Branch officers carried out simultaneous raids in Sadar Bazar and M.S. Park, Shahdara.

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“In Sadar Bazar, a team raided a premises in the Filmistan area where Ashutosh Mishra (24) and Aryan Dubey (20), both Delhi University students, were found with 148 kg of banned firecrackers concealed in eight large plastic bags,” said Vikram Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch).

The DCP added that the duo had procured the explosives through an onl

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