The South-East district police claimed to have busted an alleged, interstate gunrunning racket with the arrest of three persons and recovery of 10 semi-automatic pistols, 17 magazines and 19 live cartridges from them.
During a special drive against illegal gunrunners in the Capital, a team of Special Staff of South East district police arrested Faiyaz Ray (25), a resident of West Champaran, Bihar and Chand Babu (29), Mohd Nazru, both residents of Bulandshahr, UP on Thursday following a tip-off. “The gang used to procure these sophisticated weapons from Munger, Bihar and sold them to criminal elements in Delhi and NCR. A cache of nine semi-automatic sophisticated pistols, one .38 bore revolver, 17 magazines along with 19 live cartridges have been recovered from their possession,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-East) Mandeep Singh Randhawa. The consignment of weapons was to be supplied to criminals in Delhi and NCR.