The Kolkata Special Task Force (STF) has busted one arms racket, unearthed an illegal arms manufacturing unit near the city and arrested two persons, a senior officer of the Force said today.
Two STF arrested the two persons from Rabindra Sarani in the northern part of the city late Monday night following intelligence inputs.
After they two who hailed from Bihar and Jharkhand were questioned, the personnel of the force found an illegal arms factory in North 24 Parganas district's Agarpara area, the officer said.
A sari shop was being used as a front for arms manufacturing unit.
"A raid is being conducted and possibly there will be a good number of half-made arms to be found from that factory," the officer said.
Arms manufacturing equipment including a lathe machine were found in that unit.
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