Two arrested, illicit arms factory unearthed

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Press Trust of India Ballia
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 2:10 AM IST

Acting on a tip off, a police team raided and unearthed an illicit arms factory in Bairiya police station area near Manjhi pul last night and arrested Dharmendra and Sunil Kumar hailing from Bhojpur district of Bihar, SP Omkar Singh said.

A large quantity of equipments used to make arms and revolvers of different bores and cartridges were recovered, he said, adding, the factory was being run on land belonging to the forest department.

  

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