Indore unit of Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) nabbed two members of inter-State gang involved in illegal trade of weapons and recovered eleven country-made pistols and Rs66,500 in cash from their possession at Deshgaon of Khandwa on September 20.
Acting on a tip-off regarding purchase of pistol by a Morena-based miscreant, search was conducted and two persons were nabbed near a Church in Deshgaon when the two were searched 11 country-made pistols and Rs66,500 were recovered.
The two nabbed miscreants were identified as Vidhyaram Singh Gadariya, a resident of Morena and Nannu Ghosle of Khargone.
During the investigation when the two nabbed miscreants were interrogated information of two more accused was disclosed by the miscreants. The accused provided information of lakhan Singh alias Fauji of Khargone and Dharam Singh Rawat of Morena.
The success was achieved by STF after teams were formed to target interstate gang dealing in trading of weapons.
Two teams including six police personnel was involved in the tracking of the gang members who were active in the trade for long and were successful in nabbing the gang members with the weapons on September 20 in Khandwa district.
After the arrest was made the two were produced in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Bhopal and were sent under 6 days of police custody.
During the investigation more information of the absconding accused, network of dealers and consumers and network of the gang would be searched.
The time for which the miscreants were involved in the trade is not revealed and would be investigated.