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Muzaffarnagar: UP Police Raids Illegal Arms Factory, Recovers Huge Cache Of Weapons

Swarajya Staff

Mar 06, 2020, 02:15 PM | Updated 02:15 PM IST


Image from ANI twitter 
Image from ANI twitter 

Uttar Pradesh Police raided an illegal arms factory in Muzaffarnagar on Thursday (5 March) and seized 42 weapons from the site.

The Police along with Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) team arrested two persons, identified as Sattar and Ajad, in Shahpur police station area of Muzaffarnagar and recovered huge cache of arms from their possession, reports ANI.

According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Abhishek Yadav, SWAT team Sattar alias Tahir and Ajad were making arms in a jungle situated in the Tawli village in the district.

Both suspects are under interrogation and according to the information released by the police, 28 country-made pistols, five guns and cartridges were recovered. The two men who are in custody right now also had some half-finished pistols.

The police said that both men had several past cases of criminal offence against them.


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