Kolkata, July 19 -- In a major breakthrough against suspected interstate arms trafficking, the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID), in a joint operation with Ashoknagar Police, arrested a woman and seized a cache of firearms, ammunition and cash from her possession in North 24-Parganas on Sunday.
The CID has since constituted a four-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by a DIG-rank officer, to probe the wider network behind the haul.
Acting on specific intelligence inputs, the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the CID, led by a DIG-rank officer and assisted by Ashoknagar Police, intercepted a goods vehicle, locally known as a "Magic" van, on the Naihati-Ashoknagar Road near the 8 No. junction during the morning.
The...