ROHTAK, June 18 -- The Sonepat police have arrested 58 arms smugglers and offenders during a special district-wide campaign conducted between June 1 and June 15, registering 47 criminal cases and recovering a large cache of firearms and ammunition.

According to Sonepat police commissioner Mamta Singh, the special drive was launched on the directions of Haryana director general of police Ajay Singhal as the drive targeted illegal possession, trafficking and use of firearms in criminal activities, with police teams conducting extensive checking operations, intelligence gathering and surveillance across all police station jurisdictions and crime investigation units in the district.

She said the operation led to the seizure of 46 country-ma...