Ahead of election, 2 arrested with 15 illegal firearms in Noida
Hindustan TimesNoida: Just days before the Gautam Budh Nagar district is to go to parliamentary polls, the Noida Police has arrested two Delhi-based smugglers and confiscated 15 illegal countrymade firearms from their possession in Noida’s Sector 24 locality, police said on Sunday. Police recovered four 12 bore and three.315 bore illegal countrymade firearms, six live cartridges and a scooter from his possession. “On Sunday morning, Kumar was arrested from Sector 53 locality as he tried to escape on a scooter but met with an accident,” said station house officer Vivek Kumar Shrivastava, adding that three.315 bore and five 12 bore illegal countrymade firearms, nine live cartridges and a bike were recovered from his possession. Earlier this week, three accused were arrested in two separate incidents, and police busted two factories linked to manufacturing and selling illegal firearms.