A huge cache of detonators was discovered in a forest cave at Swanra VDC-9 in Gorkha on Tuesday. According to the District Police Office (DPO), 3,941 electronic detonators were found in the cave by a cattle herder.

Superintendent of Police Janak Raj Pandey said the detonators were wrapped in sacks and stored inside a case. 

He suspected that the detonators were hidden by the former Maoist rebels during the insurgency period. Stray improvised explosive device had been recovered in the same VDC three years ago.