A big cache of arms and ammunition have been seized from a flat in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Monday, a senior police official mentioned.
The detective division of Barrackpore Police Commissionerate arrested one Madhusudan Mukherjee, who was allegedly in possession of the flat, in reference to the seizure, the official mentioned.
Sixteen firearms and 904 rounds of ammunition have been seized from the flat in Rahara on the northern outskirts of Kolkata, mentioned Deputy Commissioner of Police, Detective Division, Charu Sharma.
The police additionally seized round ₹one lakh in money, 248 grams of gold and greater than 10 kg vintage cash, the worth of which is being examined, the police officer mentioned.
She mentioned that of the 16 arms seized, there have been 5 lengthy arms, one pump motion gun, a bolt motion rifle, two double-barreled rifles and one single-barreled rifle.
“Other than these, 9 small arms have been additionally recovered, of that are one 9 mm pistol, two 7 mm pistols, three revolvers and three single-shot weapons,” she mentioned.
The officer mentioned that 905 rounds of ammunition have been additionally seized from the flat.
Sure machines have been additionally seized, and the police suspect that these have been used to restore firearms.
“The particular person arrested is concerned in supplying and procuring arms,” she mentioned.
Mukherjee, who used to pose as a fabric service provider, was arrested from his ground-floor flat in Regent Park space of Rahara, round 15 km from Kolkata.
Sharma mentioned that the police are investigating how and from the place the accused procured the weapons and to whom these have been meant to be provided.
Police mentioned the suspect used to drive rented automobiles utilized by the pressure in Bardhaman earlier. In 2006, he was arrested in Khardah police station space in a case associated to the Arms Act and the NDPS Act.
