Thane, Feb 3 (PTI) Police have arrested a 20-year-old man after seizing four country-made pistols and live cartridges he was carrying illegally in Maharashtra’s Thane district, an official said on Tuesday.
A member of the police’s anti-narcotics cell noticed the accused, Sohil Beig Sorab Beig Mirza, behaving suspiciously and intercepted him in the Vehle-Batale of Bhiwandi town on Monday, an official from Narpoli police station said.
During a search of the accused, the police found firearms in his possession.
“We seized four country-made pistols and four live cartridges valued at around Rs 4 lakh from the accused,” the official said.
The accused, a resident of Bhind district in Madhya Pradesh, was immediately taken into custody and an FIR was registered against him under relevant provisions of the Arms Act.
The police were investigating how the accused procured the weapons and whether they were intended to be supplied or used for any criminal activity, the official added. PTI COR GK
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