Smuggler held with arms and ammunition

Acting on a tip off, a police team led by the Mufassil police station in-charge Bhai Bharat raided a house in the village and seized 12 automatic pistols, 10 magazines of pistol, 7 magazines of stengun, 20 ammunition of SLR and 12 ammunition of 8mm rifle and arrested the arms smuggler, identified as Md Imtiyaz, in this connection, the Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Rajiv Mishra said.

The accused has been booked under the Arms Act for illicit possession of arms and ammunition, he said.