One held for smuggling arms into Capital

Accused told the police that he had been involved in the illegal trade of arms for two years

The Special Cell of the Delhi Police has arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly smuggling guns into Delhi-NCR and western UP from Bihar.

As many as 19 guns — 10 country-made pistols of .315 bore and nine long barrel country-made guns of 12 bore — besides 20 cartridges of .315 bore were seized from him, the police said on Friday.

Weapons came from Bihar

The accused, Asad Ali, had been sourcing the illicit weapons from Bihar.

In February, the Special Cell had arrested Savinder Kumar and recovered 50 sophisticated pistols. Asad Ali’s name had come up during sustained interrogation and after receiving specific inputs about a group of criminals involved in the illegal arms supply racket.

Asad was arrested from Dwarka on Thursday. During interrogation, he reportedly disclosed that he had been involved in the illegal trade of arms since two years.

“He further revealed that he used to purchase country-made firearms of .315 bore with five cartridges for Rs. 8,000 to 7,000; and long barrel guns of .315 bore for Rs. 10,000 to 12,000. On every sale, he earned a profit of Rs. 5,000 to 6,000,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Saneev Yadav.

Mr. Yadav added that last year, Asad was arrested twice in UP and found to be possessing weapons.

“In February last year, when he was arrested, he was found in possession of four illegal weapons. He also attacked the police team that was trying to nab him. He was in jail for two months. In July 2015, he was arrested again with three associates ,” said Mr. Yadav.