Gandhigram police nabs person carrying three pistols

Acting on a tip off, the city police nabbed a person carrying three pistols from the city's outskirts today morning.

Following a tip-off, the Gandhigram police kept a close watch on the Jamnagar road and intercepted one Mehul Limbadiya, who was found to be carrying three pistols.

"We were patrolling the Jamnagar road based on specific information that a person carrying three pistols is trying to flee the city. We nabbed Limbadiya when he was waiting for a bus. He has been booked under the Arms Act," Gandhigram police sub-inspector J B Patel said.

During the last two weeks, the Gandhigram police arrested 14 people under the Arms Act and recovered 18 firearms, including country-made pistols and guns from them, Patel said.