The allocated money will be utilised to procure a variety of modern firearms and equipment, including semi-automatic pistols, submachine guns, assault rifles, and other necessary gear for the UPSSF.
Police recovered 20 semi-automatic pistols from the accused. The recovered illegal arms have been manufactured in Khargone, MP and were being delivered to the end user at a price of around Rs 30,000 per piece, an official said.
Punjab Police arrested two associates of a foreign-based absconding gangster involved in the recent firing incident at Katani Premium Dhaba, Sector 79, Mohali, a police official said on Tuesday.
An interstate illegal arms supply cartel busted with the arrest of two key members.
18 illicit single-shot pistols of .315 bore have been recovered from their possession. The illicit arms were procured from Etah, Uttar Pradesh.
Mumbai's Trombay Police foiled a weapons smuggling attempt, arrested two suspects and confiscated eight country-made pistols and 15 live cartridges from their possession, an official said.
In a joint intelligence-based operation with Jammu and Kashmir Police, the Indian Army busted a terror hideout in the Mendhar area of Poonch, seizing pistols and grenades, officials said on Friday evening.
In a joint operation at Panzu and Gamiraj in Pulwama district, the Indian Army and J-K Police arrested three individuals with two pistols and other war-like stores.
Three suspected individuals have been apprehended along with the recovery of two pistols and other war-like stores during a joint cordon and search operation by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, the Army said on Tuesday.
Pune police's detection branch has apprehended three individuals, including two history-sheeter criminals from the Kondhwa area and a firearms supplier from Madhya Pradesh.