Mathura (UP), Aug 10 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday claimed to have busted a gang of interstate gunrunners after arresting four people and recovering a large number of arms in Mathura district.
The four suspected arms smugglers were arrested in a joint operation by the Special Operations Group (SOG) and the district police from the Nandgaon area in the early hours of Wednesday.
“Twenty pistols — nine semi-automatic and 11 country-made — and four magazines were recovered from the possession of the four,” Senior Superintendent of Police Abhishek Yadav said.
The arrested were identified as Girish Kaushik, Manoj and Durgesh — residents of Mathura district — and Karan Singh of Hathras.
The gang members told the police that they would buy arms from Madhya Pradesh and sell them in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi at a higher price. PTI COR SMN SMN
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