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Illegal Arms Racket Busted In Odisha’s Cuttack, Kingpin Among Four Nabbed

Cuttack: In a major breakthrough, the Commissionerate Police busted an arms smuggling racket and arrested four persons.

Acting on a tip-off that some persons are having a deal on the purchase of firearms, a team of Chauliaganj police station approached them in the guise of customers and arrested the four persons.

Police also seized five 9mm pistols, 50 rounds of live cartridges, 8 mobile phones and a Hyundai car from their possession.

Talking to mediapersons, Chauliaganj IIC Tapas Pradhan said of the four arrested, one has been identified as Sudhir Swain, a sharpshooter and a close associate of the dreaded gangster Tapu.

Stating that Swain was procuring the arms from Munger district in Bihar, he said the racket was operating for a long time in Cuttack and adjoining districts. “Efforts are on to trace other members of the racket and their link with the suppliers in the neighbouring states,” he added.

OB Bureau

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