Haryana Police on Friday arrested two arms suppliers of Uttar Pradesh and seized nine pistols from them.
Giving details, a spokesman of Police Department said that accused have been identified as Gurjeet Singh, a resident of village Alamgirpur, district Meerut and Munender alias Rinku, resident of Akhapur, district Mukteshwar in Uttar Pradesh.
They were arrested from Patiala Chowk in Jind by a team of Detective staff following a tip-off, the spokesman said.
During interrogation, accused disclosed that they had been supplying illegal arms in Jind area for a long time.
The police got secret information that two persons stood near Railway road at Patiala Chowk and they also had illegal weapons. Acting swiftly, police team nabbed the duo. When searched, police team found 5 pistols from Gurjeet whereas four pistols were recovered from Munender, the spokesman.
He said that both accused would be taken on police remand by producing them before the court so that involvement of others could be unearthed.
Director General of Police, BS Sandhu appreciated the Jind Police for their relentless efforts for checking the crime of illegal weapons in the district.
Jind Police had busted racket of arms suppliers of Uttar Pradesh and recovered 16 pistols during last one week. Recently, it had arrested Shabbir of Uttar Pradesh and recovered 7 weapons from his possession.