Police recovered 20 crude bombs, 41 torch sticks, around 2 litres of kerosene and several sheets of polystyrene during a drive in the Paikpara Ansar Camp area in Mirpur of the capital early Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off, a team from Mirpur Model Police Station conducted the raid around 12:10am and recovered the explosives and other materials, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Deputy Commissioner (Media) Md Akhtar Hossain.
Police immediately informed the DMP's Special Response Unit (SRU) after the recovery.
Later, around 1:45am, members of the SRU's trained bomb disposal unit arrived at the scene, took necessary security measures and safely defused the crude bombs, Akhtar said.
He said investigation and operations were underway to identify those involved in keeping the explosives and other materials there and bring them to book.