Police recovered five cocktail bombs and five petrol bombs from the roadside in Nalduanga, Natore.
OC of Nalduanga Police Station, Sakerul Azam, said that on Friday around 9 pm, locals spotted the explosives along with a banner near the Mahishmari Bridge on the Natore-Naogaon regional highway and informed the police.
Acting on the information, police recovered the explosives from the site and took them to the police station. Authorities suspect that the items may have been stored by criminals to create unrest in the area.