An arms smuggler was arrested from the Mahuri Kalua Square on city outskirts while he was returning to Bhubaneswar after dealing with a customer, said the Brahmapur Sadar police here on Friday.
The smuggler identified as Subhendu Samantaray (27) of Chhania village in Khurda district, presently staying at the Saheed Nagar in the capital city, was supplying firearms to miscreant customers.
According to reports, the police caught Samantaray on Thursday evening at the Mahuri Kalua Square when they were checking vehicles entering into the city. After noticing suspicious behavior of Samantaray, the police interrogated him and found a
packet in which illegal guns were kept.
The police team arrested the smuggler and seized two US-made pistols, four mousers, 32 live ammunitions, a mobile phone and a bike without valid documents from the possession of the smuggler.
During interrogation, Samantaray admitted that he had come to supply the firearms to Anil Nayak of Patapur area in Ganjam district. He also informed that Nayak, who works as driver of a politician, had talked to him over phone on May 31 to deliver the guns.
On Thursday, the smuggler reached Patapur and inquired about Nayak but failed to meet him. On his return from Patapur, the police caught him.
He was booked under the Arms Act and forwarded to a local court here, said Sadar SDPO Harihar Pani.