Gurugram, Nov. 4 -- The Haryana Police special task force (STF) seized 25,000 live cartridges allegedly being smuggled to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in two cars and arrested five suspects near Rohad toll plaza on the Bahadurgarh-Rohtak highway in Jhajjar on Tuesday. A sixth man was later arrested from Sirsa after questioning of the five revealed his alleged involvement in the racket.

The suspects were identified as Afifuddin alias Munna Khan, 49, Asim Rais, 33, Sablu Khan, 32, Arbaz Ali, 27, and Zeenat, 33, all residents of Badaun in Uttar Pradesh. Police also seized eight mobile phones and two cars in which the consignments were being smuggled.

Waseem Akram, superintendent of police, Haryana STF, said 24,400 cartridges of 7.65mm (.32 bore...