He further said that the security forces have recovered more than 1,000 illegal and illicit weapons, including automatic weapons, across the state in the past two years.
Ruchira Kamboj stressed that illicit transfer and illegal diversion of arms to non-state actors, including armed and terrorist groups, pose threats to international peace and security.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out searches at multiple locations in gangster-terror nexus cases and seized large quantities of illicit weapons and ammunition from the premises of gangsters.