The special cell of the Delhi Police has arrested a gunrunner and seized 27 locally fabricated semi-automatic pistols from him near Saray Kale Khan inter-state bus terminal.
The special cell of the Delhi Police has arrested a gunrunner and seized 27 locally fabricated semi-automatic pistols from him near Saray Kale Khan inter-state bus terminal.
The gunrunner Salamu-ddin, 23, was caught by a special team acting on a tip off from Saray Kale Khan ISBT, on the night of June 3, said A.P. Kushwah, DCP(special cell).
Salamuddin was earlier arrested for smuggling illegal arms in 2014 and 10 locally made weapons were seized from him by the special cell, he said.
Based on the investigations on use of sophisticated firearms in commission of robberies, extortion and other heinous crimes over the past few years revealed that in most of the cases, illegal weapons manufactured in Khargone, Barw-ani and Dhar districts of MP were being smuggled into Delhi NCR, the officer said. A team of special cell travelled to many areas in UP west, UP east, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh collecting information about the local manufacturers, suppliers and their clients.
The leads gathered by the team led to arrest of Salamuddin.
He was scheduled to deliver nine pistols to a person in Delhi who lives in Dwarka, while the remaining 18 pistols were to be delivered to someone in UP.
