Punjab: Police busts arms smuggling racket; five held
Police said the kingpin of this racket -- Vikrant alias Vikki Thakur from Meerut -- used to supply illegal firearms to major gangs.
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Punjab Police on Thursday busted an arms smuggling racket after arresting five people and recovered 24 illegal weapons from them, a senior official said.
The racket was busted by the Mohali police.
"In a mega breakthrough, CIA unit of @sasnagarpolice busts one of the biggest arms smuggling rackets of North India. The arms smugglers used to supply weapons in #Punjab & #Haryana,” Punjab's Director General of Police, Gaurav Yadav said in a tweet.
"Identified 4 major Gangsters of Bambiha and Lawrence Gang and arrested 5 associates," Yadav said in a tweet.
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He said the kingpin of this racket -- Vikrant alias Vikki Thakur from Meerut -- used to supply illegal firearms to major gangs.
Yadav said 24 illegal weapons and 12 live cartridges have been recovered.
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Police said further investigations were on.