Pistols, live cartridges seized at Delhi-Faridabad border two weeks before I-Day

NEW DELHI: Two weeks before Independence Day, cops have recovered a dozen sophisticated pistols and live cartridges from a trafficker at the Delhi-Faridabad border. The suspect was supplying firearms in Delhi-NCR, Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh for the past three years, police said.
The accused was identified as Dhruv from Dholpur, Rajasthan. DCP Jasmeet Singh said the accused was previously involved in four cases of dacoity at gunpoint and a case of arms trafficking. Dhruv used to get arms and ammunition supplied from manufacturers in Khargone in Madhya Pradesh, a probe has revealed. Till now, the suspect has allegedly trafficked over 400 weapons.
“The suspect has been booked under the amended Arms Act in which there is a provision of a minimum sentence of 10 years, which can be extended up to life imprisonment,” the DCP added.
Cops nabbed the suspect as a part of their drive against the illegal firearms traffickers in Delhi-NCR who were involved in procuring firearms from Sendhwa, Khargone, Dhar and Burhanpur areas of MP. He was arrested from near Aali village with the weapons when he arrived to deliver them to his contact.
During interrogation, the accused revealed that he earlier used to work as a carrier for a notorious arms trafficker of Rajasthan. However, he soon started operating individually. “Dhruv procured a semi-automatic pistol for Rs 10,000 and a single-shot pistol for Rs 3,000 and sold them to criminals for Rs 25,000 and 6,000 each, respectively. Recently, he had delivered a consignment to a gangster in Punjab,” cops claimed.
Efforts to arrest the remaining members of the arms syndicate are being made, police said.