Superintendent of Police M. Sunil Nayak said that on a specific information the police conducted raids at the houses of 10 persons late Thursday which continued till this morning and seized huge cache of fire arms, including equipment used for making the fire arms worth several crores of rupees.
The SP said that the process of counting the seized firearms was still on and added that such a huge quantity of firearms and equipment were seized in the district for the first time.
On specific information, the police raided the houses of Kailash Mandal, Arvind Mandal, Tuntun, Kuddus, Nathia, Sanovar, Feroz, Umar Khayyam, Mushtaq and Dilli Wala, all residents of Hazratganj bara locality under the Kasim bazar police station area of the district, Mr. Nayak said.
While the police had to use two tractors to carry the illegal weapons and equipment to the police station, none of the owners of the illegal gun-factories was arrested, hesaid.link
