In a significant achievement, the Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha police on Friday seized a huge cache of arms and ammunitions and arrested two persons at the Sikharghat bridge under the Niali police station of Cuttack district.
The two arrested on the charges of illegal possession and sale of firearms were identified as Suresh Kumar Das alias Kalia and Soumyaranjan Dalei. They are residents of Jagatsinghpur district. Acting on inputs, a team of the STF conducted a raid and intercepted the suspects near the Sikharghat bridge. On frisking them, the officials seized two 7 mm pistols with a magazine, six country-made single-bore pistols and 20 country-made live ammunitions from their possession, said a release by the STF.
A case under Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act has been registered against the accused persons, who were produced in court later. The two are members of a notorious gang involved in various cases in multiple districts, the agency said.
“The drive against illegal trade of firearms has been intensified during last one year. The STF alone has seized as many as 22 firearms and 54 live ammunitions and arrested seven people.” STF DIG Jayanarayan Pankaj added.