An Odisha-made illicit automatic weapon sten gun was seized in Daltonganj on April 6 morning with two magazines and four cartridges informed, Palamau SP AT Mathew.
The SP added that a person namely Brij Kishore Tiwari (46) has been arrested and his bike seized too on which he was going from Daltonganj but was caught near the town out post called do number town. Tiwari has to his discredit a number of loot and dacoity cases.
The recovery of illicit arms a day before civic polls has raised eyebrows. The sten gun recovered costs between Rs40,000 to Rs50,000 in black market.
SP was happy with the alertness of the Daltonganj police but did not speak about its relation with the upcoming polls.
The accused had taken a train from Titlagarh in Odisha to Ranchi on April 4, from where he took a bus and reached Daltonganj only to be caught this Saturday morning, informed the SP on the basis of railway tickets recovered from him.
Police are on the hunt of one Bipin Pandey of Majhiaon village in Palamau Division who as per Tiwari had hired him to bring this sten gun from Odisha's Titlagarh. Cash worth 1,400 and a cell phone has also been seized from the accused.