The Local Revenue Department in Maharashtra's Thane on Tuesday conducted checks at Mumbra Creek and recovered as many as 17 detonators and 16 gelatin sticks inside a box on a barge, the officials said.

The persons on the barge allegedly fled away from the spot upon seeing the approaching officials. The Kalwa cops in Thane filed a case against the unknown persons for the possession of explosives and transferred the case to Mumbra police station for further investigations in the matter, the officials said.