Kolkata: Police arrested two persons from the city's Strand Road area for being in possession of firearms, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Acting on a tip-off, the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police recovered eight improvised country-made one- shutter firearms from the duo, she said.
The two, residents of Hooghly district, have been booked under sections of the IPC and the Arms Act.
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"They will be produced before a city court and we will request for police custody," the official said.
PTI
