Police busted illegal arms factory seizing arms, 2 arrested

Police have recovered three single barrel guns, four small firearms, one pistol, two ammunition, six unfinished pistol magazines, 3.6 kilograms of gun powder and several manufacturing tools from an illegal arms manufacturing unit in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. The manufacturing unit was set up in the house of a local named Akbar Sardar.

Canning (West Bengal): The police unearthed an illegal arms manufacturing unit in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal and recovered a cache of arms.

Three single barrel guns, four small firearms, one pistol, two ammunition, six unfinished pistol magazines, 3.6 kilograms of gun powder and several manufacturing tools were recovered from the spot, the police said on Monday.

Acting on a tip-off, the police on Sunday night raided a house at Khunkhali Khagra village under Jibantala police station area, where the arms manufacturing unit was set up.

The manufacturing unit was set up in the house of a local named Akbar Sardar.

Police arrested Akbar Sardar along with Amir Sapui and presented before the court later in the day.