India, Oct. 18 -- The Central Crime Branch of Faridabad police arrested a man and seized 937.930kg of illegal firecrackers from a pickup truck parked behind a dhaba near Atali village on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway, police said on Sunday.

The accused, a resident of Bamni Khera village in Palwal district, was arrested on Saturday after police received a tip-off about illegal transportation of firecrackers, said Manjeet Yadav, police spokesperson.

According to the police, the accused was waiting inside the pickup truck behind a local eatery near KMP Expressway between 4.30am and 6am. A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 34 cardboard boxes containing different types of firecrackers, including rockets, bombs, large ...