--Arrestees are from UP, Bihar, Odisha: In a big catch, the Sambalpur police arrested six persons belonging to Odisha, UP and Bihar in connection with an illegal arms trade case.
“These persons were procuring illegal arms of different natures like automatic, semi-automatic, country made from UP, Bihar and other States and supplying them in Odisha,” informed SP of Sambalpur Mukesh Kumar Bhamoo, in a media conference here on Sunday.
“In a team work of different police stations, the police seized eight arms, 20 live ammunitions, Rs 11.20 lakh cash, one four-wheeler, two bikes, six mobile phones from the possession of the arrested persons,” said the SP further.
The arrested persons are: MD Samser (39) and Md Mousin (41) of Gualapara under Dhanupali police station of the town. Two others, Munu Pandey (23) and Mohit Paswan (20) belong to UP and Bihar respectively but are staying in Jharsuguda now. Santosh Maharana (38) is from Jagannath colony of Sambalpur city and Md Ahammad (42) is from Godbhaga under Bargarh district, informed the SP.
“A series raids in different parts of the city and district including the neighbouring ones yielded us results. Further investigations are on to collect more information and reach to the purchasers of the illegal arms,” said the SP.
All the arrested persons have also earlier criminal track records, the SP added.