Three arrested with arms in Patna

PATNA: A team of Special Task Force (STF) of state police arrested three arms smugglers and recovered eight country-made semiautomatic pistols of 7.65mm from their possession at Mithapur bus stand under the Jakkanpur police station area in Patna on Saturday.
STF sources said the raid was conducted around 12.30pm when an arms smuggler from Munger was about to deliver a bag filled with the firearms to two smugglers from Bhojpur.
The arrested people were identified as Raju Yadav from Nandlalpur in Munger, Mahendra Singh from Begampur and Ajit Kumar of Nawada, both in Bhojpur district.
“Raju is a notorious arms smuggler. Besides the eight pistols of 7.65mm, 16 magazines, three cellphones and a bike were seized from the possession of the arrested smugglers,” police sources said.
They said Raju had reached Patna from Munger in a bus and was about to hand over the consignment to Mahendra and Ajit when they all were arrested.
The STF had earlier seized 1,100 live cartridges of 7.65mm near a bus stand in Khagaria on September 14.