The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested 25 year-old arms trafficker in national Capital. Police has also recovered 25 country made semi-automatic pistols from the possession of the accused which were brought by the trafficker to supply them to the criminals of Delhi and NCR.
The accused has been identified Kehri, a resident of village Chauki Bangar in district Mathura of Uttar Pradesh (UP).
According to Pramod Singh Kushwaha, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), special cell, on March 21, specific inputs were received regarding Kehri who would be coming to supply arms to criminals near basement parking entrance gate of Cross River Mall in Delhi’s Karkardooma following which a trap was laid and accused was apprehended.
“During checking 25 country made semi-automatic pistols were found in his bag. Subsequently, A First Information Report (FIR) under section 25 of Arms Act was registered at Special Cell police station in this regard,” said the DCP.
“During interrogation the accused disclosed that he was previously working at Brick Kiln. In the year 2018, he came into the contacts of firearms traffickers of Mewat region and through these criminals came into the contacts with criminals of Delhi-NCR and arms manufacturer of Madhya Pradesh (MP),” said the DCP.
“Induced by easy money in illegal firearms trafficking, Kehri got involved in illegal firearms trafficking. He started procuring illegal firearms from Dhulkot in district Khargone (MP) and started supplying the same to the criminals of Delhi and its peripherals,” said the DCP.
“Police have identified source and receiver of fire arms. Efforts are afoot to identify all the forward and backward linkages of this arms network. Further investigation is going on,” the DCP added.