Dehradun, April 15 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 14 Apr: Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) has busted an illegal arms trafficking network operating along the Uttar Pradesh-Uttarakhand border and has arrested one accused. Several illegal weapons have also been recovered from the accused in a significant operation carried out under Operation Prahar. The operation, conducted late last evening, in the Pulbhatta police station area, led to the seizure of six country-made pistols and one rifle from the possession of the accused.

According to STF SSP Ajai Singh, the STF had received specific inputs regarding illegal arms smuggling along the interstate border. Acting on the intelligence, an STF team, in coordination with the Pulbhatta pol...