The illegal firearms enterprise has moved from the badlands of Munger in Bihar to Uttar Pradesh. The matter came to light while the Bihar special assignment force, with the assist of UP police, raided places in Mau and unearthed unlawful firearms production units, officers stated.
The police additionally arrested 9 people, along with 3 women, stated to be citizens of Munger district. Police stated that Munger place has lengthy been regarded for the manufacture of unlawful firearms over a previous couple of decades. The unlawful activities, however, have slowly shifted to UP and West Bengal because of the crackdown.
Those arrested had been recognized as Mohammad Tanvir Alam, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Rizaul Haque, Mohammad Khalid Ansari, Mohammad Liyakat Ali, Mohammad Parvez Alam, Sabana Khatoon, Rubina Ansari, and Shabnam Bano (spouse of Tanvir).
An FIR has been registered on the Kotwali police station in Mau district towards the accused on the charges of allegedly strolling an illegal firearms production unit. All of them had been despatched to judicial custody. A cache of completed and unfinished arms, a big inventory of equipment, and uncooked fabric wanted for the producing arms and ammunition, except equipment utilized in producing the weapons, had been seized.