A special team of the Bhind police on Sunday arrested a person and recovered seven illegal weapons as part of a cleanup drive to unearth and take hold of illegal weapons and ammunition in the district.
As per reports, Bhind SSP, Shailendra Singh Chauhan got information that illegal weapons were stocked in a house at a village in Phoop, under the Bhind district. SSP Chauhan and Addl SP, Kamlesh Kumar immediately formed a special team under SDOP, Ater, Dinesh Vais and Phoop SHO, Upendra Chari.
The Special team of the Bhind police reached the house at the village where they spotted a young man. As soon as the man saw the police he started running away but the police caught him after a brief chase.
Seven illegal weapons, including a 315 bore country made rifle, one 12 bore country made gun and a few zip guns, bullets and gun powder were seized from the house.
During interrogation of the accused it was found that he is a history sheeter in Bhind and has been involved in many crimes including robbery and attempt to murder.
Further investigation is on to determine the extent of the illegal arms business and the people involved in it.
Bhind SSP, Chauhan congratulated the team for the success of this special operation.
The team included Ater SDOP, Phoop SHO, Sub- Inspector of the cyber cell, Shiv Pratap Singh Rajawat, Sub-Inspectors, Brijesh Singh Parmar and Satyaveer Singh among others.