The Bhopal Crime Branch nabbed three miscreants who were engaged in selling of firearms illegally and recovered three country-made pistols and three live cartridges from their possession from Bagh Farhatafza cemetery JP Nagar on Saturday.
Arrested accused have been booked by Aishbagh, Jahangirabad, Station Bajaria, Gautamnagar, Mangalwara, Tilajmalpura, Gandhinagar and are watch list criminal.
The accused are identified as Arshad Khan and Arshan Khan are listed. Preventive action will also be taken separately against the three accused through the respective police stations.
In the investigation police found that the accused smuggle arms in other states besides Bhopal.
On Saturday after receiving information regarding two persons hiding with firearms and team was dispatched to Bagh farhatafza cemetery and arrested them. From their possession two country made pistols and two live cartridges were recovered.
Another accused was arrested from JP Nagar who was identified as Anas alias Dana of Gautam Nagar.
In the investigation one country made pistol and one live cartridge was recovered and it was found that more than a dozen crimes are registered against the accused Anas alias Dana by Gautamnagar, Mangalwara, Gandhinagar, Tilajmalpura police.
Police said that the accused are involved in illegal trade of firearms and it would also be investigated that they were planning crime with the firearms they were carrying at the time of arrest.