About 45 quintals of explosives were seized by the Special Task Force (STF) of Bihar police from two places in Gaya district in the wee hours on Thursday.

Acting on a tip off, police raided a shop at Kaulakhshni area here and seized 29 gunny bags containing explosives, Superintendent of Police (SP) SM Khopade said. The STF also raided a house under Delha police station in the district and recovered 70 sacks of explosive materials, Khopade said.