2 held with eight guns, 16 magazines in Sohna
Gurugram, Nov. 3 -- Two alleged interstate arms smugglers were arrested near a private university on Sohna Road on Sunday night, with eight country-made pistols and 16 magazines seized from them, police said on Monday.
The suspects, Durgesh and Narender alias Naren, both from Bamanala village in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district, allegedly transported weapons on public buses to evade detection.
Police said they had supplied firearms to criminals in Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan for four years.
ACP (crime) Indivar said the arrests followed the questioning of Deepak and Rahul, apprehended in Sector 112 on October 29 with five pistols and 11 magazines. Investigators traced the supply chain to an illegal firearms manufacturer in Khargone, for whom Durgesh and Narender allegedly worked.
Police said the suspects earned Rs.7,000 commission per weapon, while pistols sold for Rs.25,000 to Rs.40,000.
DCP (crime) Nitish Agarwal said four suspects had been arrested in the case, with a total of 13 pistols and 27 magazines seized. Deepak and Rahul were remanded in police custody for five days on October 30. htc...
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