Arms haul ahead of I-Day: Delhi Police seizes 50 live cartridges, 4 arms traffickers held

New Delhi: Just two day ahead of the Independence Day, Delhi Police Special Cell has unearthed a huge haul of arms and ammunition and nabbed 4 persons belonging to arms trafficking racket.

Delhi Police have seized 55 illegal pistols, 50 live cartridges, mobile phone, SIM cards from the accused. Soon after this, Police launched a crackdown and arrested 4 members of inter-state arms trafficking rackets from different locations.

Delhi | Four members of inter-state arms trafficking rackets were arrested from different locations.

“55 illegal pistols, 50 live cartridges were recovered. A mobile phone and SIM cards were seized,” police said. pic.twitter.com/0slNPfeiPT

— ANI (@ANI) August 13, 2021

The accused have been identified as Rajbeer, Dheeraj, Vinod and Dharmendra. Dharmendra is Delhi resident while Rajbeer, Dheeraj and Vinod are residents of Uttar Pradesh.

15 अगस्त से पहले दिल्ली में हथियारों का बड़ा जखीरा बरामद, 4 आरोपी गिरफ्तार, एमपी और मेवात से दिल्ली पहुंचाई गई थी हथियारों की खेप @DelhiPolice @CPDelhi pic.twitter.com/PzmGkXJiFv

— Newsroom Post (@NewsroomPostCom) August 13, 2021

Two of these arrested accused are said to history-sheeters. One has been convicted in kidnapping case for ransom and is currently on parole while the other is a close aide of Kaushal gang and wanted in 2 murder cases in Delhi & Haryana.

One of the arrested accused is a close aide of notorious Kaushal gang and was wanted in two murder cases registered in Haryana and Delhi: Delhi Police Special Cell pic.twitter.com/uugPnZpf7w

— ANI (@ANI) August 13, 2021

Rajbeer and Dhiraj were apprehended on Aug 7 from Burari, followed by Vinod’s arrest from Najafgarh and Dharmendra’s arrest from Dwarka on Friday, Delhi police said.