According to Deputy Commissioner Police (DCP) Special Cell Rajiv Ranjan Singh, "A team of Special Cell arrested an illegal firearms trafficker identified as Shivam Prajapati (23), a native of Kolgama district of Satna in Madhya Pradesh. Ten illegal pistols of .32 bores meant for supply to t
"Team of Special Cell has busted an inter-state illegal firearms syndicate by arresting two key members of the syndicate. The arrested arms traffickers are Manish Pandey (26) a UP resident and Inderjit Singh (25) from Punjab. 10 pistols (7 pistols of .32 bore and 03 single shot pistols) with
According to the army sources, the operation has averted a major incident which could have been initiated by perpetrators using the weapons and the IED, funded by the narco terrorists.
The accused have been identified as Arun, Kamal and Anurag. The police also recovered one sophisticated Pistol with 3 loaded live cartridges and one country-made pistol with one loaded live cartridge from the possession of the accused persons.
They used to supply illegal pistols in Delhi NCR. A probe revealed that it was this same gang which supplied a pistol to Shahrukh who had pointed a gun at a policeman during an anti-CAA protest in Delhi. On January 31, the leader of the Babu Wasim Gang, Babu Wasim was discharged by Delhi's K
Special Cell of Delhi police busted three interstate firearms syndicates and arrested five people including four traffickers and one supplier along with recovery of 38 illicit pistols during raids, the police said on Friday.
Two pistols, three magazines, four hollow cartridges and eight live cartridges were recovered from the accused during checking at the Bichpuri post. He was arrested following an encounter in which he was injured.
In a mega crackdown on the weapon smuggling mafia, Punjab Police arrested two Rajasthan-based weapon smugglers after recovering eight pistols and fake Indian currency from their possession in Fazilka, police said on Friday.
The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized four Chinese-made pistols among a consignment of weapons dropped by a Pakistani drone in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, the force said on Wednesday.