Tilajamalpura police nabbed a 34-year old man and recovered 1050 gm of charas, four country-made pistols and three live cartridges from his possession on Saturday. While speaking to the mediapersons, Additional Superintendent of Police Zone- 3 Manu Vyas said that Firdous Khan was involved in illegal arms dealing and drug trafficking.
He was nabbed while he was trying to sell the arms and drugs, but those, who were scheduled to buy the arms and drugs, were not caught and investigation to nab the buyers has been started. The value of contraband recovered from the accused in the international market is Rs10 lakh, said Vyas.
In 2014, Indra Kumar Dubey was nabbed and 32 country-made pistols were recovered from his possession and during the interrogation, Dubey confirmed that Khan is involved in illegal arms dealing and drug trafficking and he had provided country-made pistols to Khan, he added.
Four country-made pistols have been recovered from his possession while three cartridges were also found from his possession. The nabbed accused does not has crime record and used to work as automobile mechanic. He is a resident of Congress Nagar.
With the arrest of Khan, the network working behind drug trafficking and illegal arms dealing would be revealed and more arrest would be done in the further investigation, said the police.
The police have registered a case under Arms Act and have started further investigation to find the sources of illegal arms and drugs.