Faridkot, June 4

With the arrest of seven persons, the Faridkot police today claimed to have busted an inter-state gang involved in the smuggling and sale of illegal weapons.

The police also recovered five fire weapons and live cartridges from the accused. The accused were smuggling the weapons from Uttar Pradesh to Punjab and selling it to anti-social elements at exorbitant prices, said Bhupinder Singh, SP (Operations), Faridkot.

The SP said during the search of a car at a police naka, the police recovered two illegal pistols from the four accused, including a jawan of the 5th Commando Battalion of the Punjab Police.

The questioning of the accused led the police to recover three more pistols from Mansa, Bathinda and Tappa areas. The accused have been identified as Aalam Singh, Jasdev Singh, Satnam Singh and Constable Bhpinder Singh. The accused belong to Mansa, Bathinda and Barnala districts. The police have also arrested three persons who had purchased these weapons. The weapons were smuggled from Agra, Uttar Pradesh. — TNS