Two suspected car lifters held with arms and ammunition

The police today arrested two youths from upper Assam's Jorhat district for their alleged links with inter-state car lifters and seized a firearm and ammunition from their possession.
Acting on a tip-off, police personnel picked up the youths from A T Road Borpool area, and seized a .22 pistol, two rounds of ammunition, one magazine and two mobile phones from their possession, Hemen Das, town sub-inspector of Jorhat Sadar police station said.
Around 50 pain killer capsules were also recovered from their possession, he said.
The youths, both residents of Dergaon in the neighbouring Golaghat district, worked at a vehicle dealer's showroom here, the police officer said.

They used to meet members of car lifting gangs from Nagaland and Manipur at the showroom, he said, adding, interrogation is on.