Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) In a major operation, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) apprehended a suspicious fishing boat off the Sundarbans coast in West Bengal on July 22, and recovered a cache of illegal firearms and ammunition. Four Indian crew members were arrested and are being interrogated by several agencies about their plans in the sensitive area.“The operation was based on credible intelligence inputs and the ICG worked in coordination with the West Bengal forest department. The recovery of s…
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New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Two men were arrested in separate operations for allegedly possessing illegal firearms, said Delhi Police on Friday, adding that two country-made pistols and two live cartridges were recovered from them. Two separate cases have been registered under Section 25 of the Arms Act, officials said on Friday.According to a press release issued by Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Rajendra Prasad Meena, the arrests were made as part of the police’s “continuous drive …
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Influential Trinamool Congress leader Iftikhar Ahmed, alias Pappu, has been arrested by the West Bengal’s East Burdwan district police in connection with multiple criminal cases, including alleged extortion at gunpoint and issuing death threats, police said on Thursday.Police said Ahmed was arrested on Wednesday in the Viringi area of Durgapur in neighbouring West Burdwan district. He is the husband of former Burdwan Municipality councillor Shefali Begum, who resigne…
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) In a significant crackdown under ‘Operation Shastra -No Guns, No Gangs’, personnel of the Delhi Police’s Najafgarh Police Station have arrested six for possessing illegal firearms, including one wanted in a murder case, within a span of 24 hours, police said on Tuesday.According to a police statement, a special enforcement campaign titled ‘No Guns, No Gangs’ is underway, under the leadership and guidance of DCP, Dwarka, Kushal Pal Singh and Additional DCP-I, Dwarka, Vik…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) A 28-year-old history-sheeter was arrested by the Delhi Police from Anand Vihar area, and a country-made pistol along with two live cartridges was recovered from his possession, officials said on Friday. The accused, identified as Nikhil alias Birana alias Nitin, a resident of Old Seema Puri, was apprehended by the staff of Police Station Patparganj Industrial Area beneath the Anand Vihar Railway Flyover near ISBT Anand Vihar. Following the recovery of arms, an FIR (No….
Mathura, May 25 (IANS) A fierce encounter broke out between the police and a gang of notorious cattle thieves in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district on Monday, officials said.The incident happened within the jurisdiction of the Jait Police Station of Mathura. During the exchange of fire between the two sides, three accused persons sustained bullet injuries after police retaliated in self-defence. The injured accused were later shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment.Police officials said a subst…
New York, May 11 (IANS) With strict gun laws in Canada, smuggling weapons from the United States is a lucrative business for criminals, and a Pakistani national is now in a United States jail after he was caught because of a fake driving licence from his country hidden in his buttocks. The fake licence tipped off New York State troopers during a traffic stop who, aided by a dog, unearthed a cache of 89 weapons, 17 of them stolen, headed for Canada on Thursday, officials said.They arrested Faizan…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Anti-Gangster Squad (AGS) of the Crime Branch, Delhi Police, has apprehended a 24-year-old alleged arms supplier linked to the Kapil Sangwan, Nandu gang and recovered multiple illegal firearms and live cartridges during the operation.According to an official press release, the accused, identified as Aditya Mishra, was arrested during a trap laid by the police near UER-II, Pochanpur Village, Dwarka. The Crime Branch stated that “a desperate arms supplier/facilitat…